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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Tina Brown: “Cartoonists were the most hostile of them all”
From Bloomberg TV, this short video covering Tina Brown’s media career (thus far): “When Tina Brown Knew Newsweek Couldn’t Be Saved” — included is a brief mention of her first days at The New Yorker (@ 1:09) and a comment regarding the
Read moreThe New Yorker, Baseball & the Mob: Catching Up with Michael Crawford
Michael Crawford has two cartoons in The New Yorker’s last issue of the year, but the one above really caught my eye. As I was lingering over and appreciating the drawing, I realized it was high time to check in with Michael and find out what he’s been up to, and if there was anything he’d care to
Read moreFormer New Yorker Editor, Daniel Menaker’s Memoir, “My Mistake”
My Mistake, Daniel Menaker’s latest book continues a string of somewhat recent memoirs by former New Yorker editors (in Mr. Angell’s case, current New Yorker editor): Alexander Chancellor’s Some Times in America and A Life in a Year at The New Yorker (1999), Gardner Botsford’s A Life of Privilege, Mostly 2003) and Roger Angell’s Let
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