From Publisher’s Weekly, September 23, 2016, “Why Bookstores Matter” — Bob Eckstein talks about some of the stores left out of his forthcoming book. _____________________________________________________________________________ Mike Lynch has posted Jud Hurd’s 1970 Cartoonists Profiles interview with the great Whitney Darrow, Jr. His Ink Spill New Yorker Cartoonists A-Z entry: Whitney Darrow, Jr.
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Gil Roth’s Virtual Memories Ink Spill Podcast
From the Department of Self-Promotion: Gil Roth (shown standing in our kitchen last week) has an awful lot of cartoonists on his podcast,Virtual Memories. He visited recently to tape two more (with Liza Donnelly and myself). The interview with Ms. Donnelly will show up a few Tuesdays from now, but in the meantime you can hear Gil grill me here.
Read moreNYC Subway Car of Interest: Mark Alan Stamaty’s Illustrated Shuttle; More Spills… Harry Bliss in a Salinger Home… the new Swann Catalog with Original Art by 18 New Yorker Artists
Read all about Mark Alan Stamaty’s NYC illustrated subway car on Mike Lynch‘s blog here. Mr. Stamaty’s New Yorker debut was with this cover in November of 1992. Here’s a link to his website. _______________________________________________________________________ From newyorker.com, September 8, 2016, “Salinger’s House, Artists Retreat” — the New Yorker‘s Sarah Larson visits Harry Bliss in a Salinger home, now
Read moreA Reminder: There’s A Mary Petty Exhibit Happening in Pensacola
I was reminded today while reading an article that there is right this very moment an exhibit of Mary Petty’s work at the Pensacola Museum of Art. Here’s a link. Shown here is my favorite cover of hers (I’ve no idea if it’s in the exhibit), and one of my favorite New Yorker covers of all-time (let’s say it’s in
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