Every so often, someone runs into a cartoon mystery. This time it’s New Yorker cartoonist, Tom Toro. Here’s Tom to explain: Calling all cartoon sleuths! There’s a mystery afoot. I managed to get my sticky paws on an original Rea Irvin drawing but I can’t figure out where it was published or what the caption is. Does anybody
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Holy Happenstance, Batman!
Sharp-eyed New Yorker cartoon followers will notice that the magazine recently ran two Bat-Signal drawings: one by Danny Shanahan in this most recent issue, and one last week by Ben Schwartz. A quick glance at the magazine’s Cartoon Bank archive turned up only two previous efforts, but I have a feeling
Read moreTom Toro on Pencils…and More Spills
A Case For Pencils is visited by Tom Toro this week. Check it out! Link here to Mr. Toro’s website. _______________________________________________________________________ …Mike Lynch celebrates the 99th birthday of Virgil Partch aka VIP… …Two pieces on The New York Review of Books new New York Review Comics, including titles by Abner
Read moreNew Yorker’s Remnick on the Radio
Coming in just a few days (the 25th of October): The New Yorker Radio Hour. Read all about it here (and yes, there’ll be some cartoon/cartoonists content) ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ …From the What’re the Odds Department: In this week’s New Yorker (the issue of October 26th): two drawings based on lamp pull-cords (the drawings are by Tom Toro
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