Paul Noth announced on Facebook that today’s Daily Cartoon will be his last. Tom Toro is up next. and… Among the participants in the upcoming Carousel hosted by R. Sikoryak, are Liza Donnelly and Sam Gross. Details here.
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Collaborating Cartoonists; Video: Charles Addams
Collaborating cartoonists have been on my mind recently. Who are they, why do they do it? Does it double the fun? A spate of collaborations in The New Yorker within the past year caused me to dig into the subject and ask a few questions. To begin with, here’re a few words on the subject, written sixty years
Read moreAddams collected; Steinberg re-connected; Tom Toro’s Attack
From Stephen Nadler’s blog, Attempted Bloggery, March 11, 2013, “The Charles Addams Catalogue Raisonne” — this highly interesting post about the Addams Foundation’s plan to catalog all of Addams’ work. From Artnews, “America, the Great Colossal Collage: Saul Steinberg’s Forgotten Masterpiece” — yet another very interesting post — this one concerning a huge Steinberg mural reassembled for the first
Read morePeter Steiner illustrates; Mark Singer on Edward Koren’s 50th anniversary; Aline-Kominsky Crumb @ MoCCA; Fiction Writers Review blog adds cartoons; Addams Family costumes; Science Cracking the Humor Code?; Audio interview: Liza Donnelly; Mankoff & Co. on dreamed cartoons
From Speaker System, “10 1/2 Things No Commencement Speaker Has Ever Said” (W. W. Norton & Co.) This new book by Charles Wheelan is illustrated by the one and only Peter Steiner. Visit your neighborhood online book seller for a peek inside. From newyorker.com, June 1, 2012, “Ed Koren Arrives” — Mark Singer on Mr. Koren’s 50th anniversary
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