National Cartoonists Society Celebrates Its 75th Anniversary With An Auction Of Original Art/St. Jude Fundraiser.
— The following from the NCS post:
2021 marks the 75th anniversary of the National Cartoonists Society, and to celebrate this milestone, the NCS and the National Cartoonists Society Foundation have joined forces with Heritage and will be auctioning more than 150 works of art. Several beloved comic and cartoon characters are also enjoying anniversaries this year, so the auction also commemorates the landmarks of many characters that have sprung from the pens of National Cartoonists Society members over the decades.
Included in the array of cartoons, comic strips, and illustrations, are such favourites as Dennis the Menace, Wonder Woman, Captain America, Dumbo, MAD Magazine’s Spy vs Spy, Archie, 101 Dalmations, The Fantastic Four, Yogi Bear, Deadpool, Ren and Stimpy, Mutts, Zippy, Dick Tracy, and many more.
Collectors will be bidding on works by a star-studded array of the world’s greatest cartoonists, including Charlie Adlard, Sergio Aragonés, Jim Borgman, Dan Brereton, Howard Chaykin, Jim Davis, Eric Goldberg, Cathy Guisewite, Lynn Johnston, Jeff Keane, Rick Kirkman, Bobby London, Patrick McDonnell, Luke McGarry, Wiley Miller, Eric Powell, Stan Sakai, Mark Schultz, Jerry Scott, Scott Shaw!, Jill Thompson, Angelo Torres, Garry Trudeau, Mort Walker, and many other popular creators.
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Book On The Horizon: “Radical: My Year With Socialist Senator”
Coming in June of 2022, from Sofia Warren: Radical: My Year With A Socialist Senator (Top Shelf Productions).
From the publisher:
A graphic memoir to be published … in June 2022, Radical: My Year with a Socialist Senator is a … first-hand account of Warren’s experience embedded with Julia Salazar and her staff during their first year in office. From candid conversations and eyewitness experiences, Warren builds a … portrait of a … team of community organizers battling entrenched power structures…”
Ms. Warren began contributing to The New Yorker in November of 2017.
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Monday’s Daily Cartoonist & Cartoon:
This, from J.A.K., who began contributing to The New Yorker in 2014.