From the Department of Self-Promotion: Gil Roth (shown standing in our kitchen last week) has an awful lot of cartoonists on his podcast,Virtual Memories. He visited recently to tape two more (with Liza Donnelly and myself). The interview with Ms. Donnelly will show up a few Tuesdays from now, but in the meantime you can hear Gil grill me here.
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Book of Interest: Robert Gottlieb’s Memoir
Here’s a memoir that’ll sure to be added to Ink Spill‘s library: Robert Gottlieb’s Avid Reader: A Life (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, September 13, 2016). Anyone following The New Yorker‘s history will no doubt remember the hoopla surrounding Mr. Gottlieb’s appointment as editor of The New Yorker way back in 1987 (he in turn was replaced by Tina Brown in
Read moreNew Yorker Editor on “Where the Readers Are”; More Spills with Woodman & BEK
From The Guardian, this interesting interview with The New Yorker‘s current editor, David Remnick. A former New Yorker editor, Tina Brown, chimes in as well. [photo: Laura Barisonzi] note: in the paragraph excerpted below you’ll notice the mention of “Gadd” cartoons. The word should be “gag” It would be wrong to see the circulation success as the triumph of seriousness.
Read moreHarry Bliss to Speak; Forgotten Caricaturists
From The Vermont Standard, April 23, 2015, “Cartoonist Harry Bliss to Speak at Library Gala” Here’s a link to his website, and here’s a link to The New Yorker’s Cartoon Bank site where you’ll find more examples of his work. ___________________________________________________________________________________
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