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Interview of Interest…Emma Allen
From a Substack I somehow missed…until now:
Saran Wrapped Letters, September 28, 2025, “A Conversation With Emma Allen”
Ms. Allen has been The New Yorker‘s cartoon editor since May of 2017.
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Women Laughing Screens Online
Couldn’t make it to the New York City screenings of Women Laughing, Liza Donnelly’s documentary film about New Yorker women cartoonists, past and present? DOC NYC is allowing you to see it online (for a fee) for a limited time (Nov. 12, 2025 -Nov. 30, 2025). Information here.
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Bob Eckstein To Chat with Chatfield
Tune in this Thursday to see and hear Bob Eckstein on Jason Chatfield’s Draw Me Anything.
Bob Eckstein began contributing to The New Yorker in 2007. Visit his website here.
Jason Chatfield began contributing to The New Yorker in 2017.
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Fave Photo Of The Day
Tom Toro, who has been zooming around the country promoting his cartoon collection, And To Think We Started As A Book Club…was on stage at NYC’s Joe Pub last week with his cartoonist colleague, Roz Chast, and New Yorker writer, Patty Marx.
–Photo, l-r: Ms. Marx, Ms. Chast, and Mr. Toro
Tom Toro’s debut cartoon collection


