From Paris Review, an excerpt of an essay by Roz Chast appearing in the book, Cats, Dogs, Men, Women, Ninnies, & Clowns: The Lost Art of William Steig
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From Slate: How Hard Is It To Get a Cartoon Into The New Yorker
From Slate, August 24, 2011, “How Hard Is It to Get A Cartoon Into The New Yorker?” (Note: I posted a comment regarding Peter Arno on the site).
Read moreComics Journal interview: Lee Lorenz
From the Comics Journal continuing series Know Your New Yorker Cartoonist, this must read interview by Richard Gehr: “Lee Lorenz, Cartoonist, Editor, Writer, Jazzbo”
Read moreAnother from the Cartoon Attic: Whither Whither, or After Sex What?
Whither Whither, or After Sex What? Edited by Walter S. Hankel (1930, The Macaulay Co., NY) I’ve always loved this book more for its cover than its content. It was published just five years after the birth of The New Yorker, and a year before Thurber’s first drawing appeared in the magazine (January of 1931). That isn’t to
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