From SFGate, the sad news that long-time New Yorker cartoonist William Hamilton died Friday in a car accident in Lexington, Kentucky. He was 76. SFGate story here. His New York Times obit here Mr. Hamilton, who contributed over 900 cartoons to the magazine began his career at The New Yorker with the below cartoon in the issue of April
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Fave Photo of the Day, Pt.2; A 1973 Profile of William Hamilton; John Updike & Cartoons
Fave Photo of the Day: (l-r) Ken Krimstein, Bob Eckstein and Pat Byrnes in Chicago this week. __________________________________________________________________________________ From The Stripper’s Guide, February 5, 2015, “News of Yore 1973: William Hamilton Profiled” — this piece by Lenora Williamson that originally appeared in Editor & Publisher, April 7 1973 (thanks to Mike
Read moreCat Cartoons a-plenty in the Big New Yorker Book of Cats
Coming October 1st from Random House: The Big New Yorker Book of Cats ( you may remember that The Big New Yorker Book of Dogs was published almost exactly a year ago). As you’d expect, the book boasts a huge number of cat themed cartoons and covers. Here’s a list of the cartoonists represented: Charles Addams, Harry Bliss,
Read moreJ.C. Suares: 1942 – 2013
Jean-Claude Suares, who died this past July 30, in Englewood, New Jersey, is best known for his work apart from The New Yorker (see the various links below that cover his life and career), but I will always happily associate his name with the one and only New Yorker cover he did (it appeared September 23, 1974). I remember
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