This Friday, Mick Stevens, Paul Karasik & Bob Mankoff will discuss New Yorker cartooning following a screening of the documentary film, “Very Semi-Serious” Details here. More on the panelists: Mick Stevens’ website Paul Karasik’s blog Bob Mankoff’s website ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Fave Photo of the Day George Booth, Marisa Marchetto Acocella, and Matthew Diffee at this evening’s NYPL event (see the July
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New New Yorker Cartoonists, Part 1: Liana Finck
Thirty or forty years ago, a new cartoonist published in The New Yorker was about as rare as The New Yorker messing with its fabled Irvin typeface. That’s changed in recent years, as more and more cartoonists are embraced by the magazine. In the upcoming documentary film, Very Semi-Serious, Bob Mankoff, the New Yorker‘s current cartoon editor, says,
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Footage of New Yorker Cartoon Editor Bob Mankoff’s recent TED talk has surfaced as well as a list of his top 11 cartoons. And… From The Washington Post’s Comic Riffs column, June 27, 2013, “Training a lens on The New Yorker magazine’s cartoonists” — this interview with Leah Wolchok about her forthcoming documentary film, Very Semi-Serious.
Read more“Very Semi-Serious” New Yorker Cartoonist Documentary Film Reaches Kickstarter Funding Goal
Very Semi-Serious, a documentary film about New Yorker Cartoons & Cartoonists has reached 100% of its Kickstarter goal with four days to go. Link here to the Very Semi-Serious Kickstarter page, and watch the trailer. (Above are just some of the New Yorker cartoonists appearing in the film).
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