It’s mid-year, which is as good a time as any to round-up the New Yorker cartoonist-related books that’ve come out recently and those that will be coming out. Mouse and Hippo by Mike Twohy. From the publisher: “Mouse creates a painting for his new friend Hippo—and Hippo returns the kindness in an unlikely way—in this delightful story…” Published February 2017.
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Audio: Gil Roth Interviews R.O. Blechman; Mike Lynch Looks Back at Esquire’s Cartoons; A Playboy Cartoon
Gil Roth continues his remarkable string of cartoonist/illustrator interviews — this week he speaks with the great R. O. Blechman. One of my all-time favorite Blechman New Yorker covers (and one of my favorite all-time New Yorker covers, period) is shown to the left. (photo credit: Gil Roth) Listen to the podcast here. Link here to Mr. Blechman’s website ____________________________________________________________________________
Read moreAudio Interview of Interest: Tom Toro; Cradling Esky
From the radio station, KCUR, “For Kansas City Cartoonist ‘The New Yorker‘ Meant Success — Even After Hundreds of Tries” — this interview with Tom Toro, whose book, Tiny Hands, is out this month. Link here to Mr. Toro’s website. Link here to his publisher’s website. ____________________________________________________________________ Follow-up: Here’s an Instagram photo of Bob Mankoff, the New Yorker‘s former
Read moreBob Eckstein’s National Cartoonists Society Talk; Tom Toro’s Trump Book
The very entertaining Bob Eckstein will speak this coming Monday on all aspects of his fun and far-reaching career. Details here. Mr. Eckstein’s latest book, Footnotes From the World’s Greatest Bookstores, was a New York Times Best-Seller. His cartoons appear in the New Yorker as well as numerous other publications. (Above right: an Eckstein New Yorker
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