Fave Photo Of The Week: 10 Cartoonists At The Algonquin For Donnelly’s “Women Laughing” Doc
Filming for Liza Donnelly’s documentary, Women Laughing has been underway for several weeks in New York City. Last Sunday ten New Yorker cartoonists gathered at the fabled Algonquin Hotel in midtown Manhattan for a roundtable discussion.
Here’s the group, standing on 44th Street, photographed by Eric Korenman. Left to right: Emily Flake, Roz Chast, Victoria Roberts, Liana Finck, Arantza Pena Popo, Bishakh Som, Liza Donnelly, Maggie Larson, Amy Hwang, Emily Sanders Hopkins.
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Pub Day For Ed Steed’s Forces Of Nature
Ed Steed’s first cartoon collection, Forces Of Nature, is out today (via Drawn & Quarterly). Mr. Steed’s first New Yorker drawing appeared in the issue of March 4, 2013.
Above right: when Ed Steed arrived on the New Yorker scene I asked him for a photo of himself for his Spill A-Z entry. He supplied this self portrait instead.
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EW Ranks Every Addams Family Adaptation
From Entertainment Weekly, October 7, 2024, “Every Addams Adaptation Family Ranked, From The Original TV Show To Wednesday”
Charles Addams’ A-Z entry:
Charles Addams (Born in Westfield, New Jersey, January 7, 1912. Died September 29, 1988, New York City. New Yorker work: 1932 – 1988 * the New Yorker has published his work posthumously. One of the giants of The New Yorker’s stable of artists. Key cartoon collections: While all of Addams’ collections are worthwhile, here are three that are particular favorites; Homebodies (Simon & Schuster, 1954), The Groaning Board (Simon & Schuster, 1964), Creature Comforts (Simon & Schuster, 1981). In 1991 Knopf published The World of Chas Addams, a retrospective collection. A biography, Charles Addams: A Cartoonist’s Life, by Linda Davis, was published in 2006 by Random House. Visit the Addams Foundation website for far more information : charlesaddams.com/