Very Semi-Serious: A Partially Thorough Portrait of New Yorker Cartoonists won an Emmy in the category of Outstanding Arts & Culture Programming last night at the 37th annual News and Documentary Emmy Awards held in New York.
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New York Times Magazine: Mankoff on Fact-Checking Cartoons, Jesus on SNL & More
From this coming Sunday New York Times Magazine, “Bob Mankoff Thinks Cats Are Funnier Than Dogs” [photo: Andrew T. Warman for The New York Times] Update: Very Semi-Serious, a documentary film starring Mr. Mankoff, originally scheduled to premiere on HBO December 7th, has been rescheduled for December 14th.
Read moreHBO Live U2 Concert Replaces a NYer Doc Premiere
Very Semi-Serious, set to premiere on HBO December 7th, has been replaced by a live U2 Concert. Details here.
Read moreA Thurber Letter to His Lawyer; David Borchart on Pencils; An Interview with Matt Diffee; A Documentary on Cartoonists to be Televised
From Letters of Note, “Sure, Go Ahead”– this letter from James Thurber to his lawyer. Link here to the Thurber House in Columbus, Ohio. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ The blog, A Case For Pencils, features David Borchart, one of the very best new wave New Yorker cartoonists. Link here to see the post. Link to Mr. Borchart’s New Yorker work
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