________________________
A New York Times Pauline Kael 100th Birthday Graphic Tribute
From The New York Times, June 19, 2019, “Happy Birthday, Pauline Kael, My Old Foe” — this graphic piece by Nathan Gelgud.
Ms. Kael began writing for The New Yorker in 1967. She retired in 1991.
Additional birthday reading: “The Electrifying Critical Mind Of Pauline Kael” by David Remnick.
_____________________________
The Spectator’s Cartoon Editor On The Death Of Political Cartoons
Michael Heath on the recent New York Times decision …and a few New Yorker tidbits tossed in as well.
________________________
More Weirdo
A piece of interest from The Comics Journal, June 19, 2019, by Bill Kartalopoulos: “Getting Weirdo At The Society Of illustrators” (various New Yorker contributors mentioned).
_____________________
Today’s Daily Cartoonist/Cartoon
On the beach with Farley Katz, who has been contributing to The New Yorker since 2007.