A New Cartoon Collection From Nick Downes From Humorist Books, Polly Wants A Lawyer! from Nick Downes, who began contributing to The New Yorker since 1998. As Emma Allen, The New Yorker’s cartoon editor says in her blurb on the book’s back cover, Mr. Downes’s drawings are “fabulously bizarre, twisted and sometimes macabre.” Link here to Nick Downes’s website.
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Hilary Campbell’s Gallery Show “Today: 10 Years Of Cartooning” Thursday Hilary Campbell, who began contributing to The New Yorker in 2017, is interviewed here about Thursday’s opening at ArtsClub. Visit her website. Her new book, out January 10, is What Did I Do Today? ______________________________________________________________ Latest Cartoon Caption Contest Pod It’s always fun to hear The Cartoon Caption
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Case for Pencils Spotlights Sarah Kempa This week, Jane Mattimoe’s wonderful Case For Pencils takes a look at Sarah Kempa’s tools of the trade. Link here! Sarah Kempa began contributing her work to The New Yorker in January of this year. Links to her website, Instagram, etc., on the Case For Pencils site. _________________________________________________________ Trevor Hoey Guests On The
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Continuing a Spill Thanksgiving tradition (and a chance for this one to see the light of day again), this one of mine from The New Yorker, October 16, 2006. _____________________________________________________________ Bob Eckstein Is the Latest Guest On The Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast Bob Eckstein, who began contributing to the magazine in 2007, is the world’s leading Snowman expert, as well
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