Talk Of Interest: Liza Donnelly At The New York Public Library
Liza Donnelly, who began contributing to The New Yorker in 1979, will be speaking at The New York Public Library, December 18th. According to the NYPL’s website, Ms. Donnelly will discuss “…the research that shaped her work on the women cartoonists who helped shape The New Yorker.” Info here
Note: Registration for the event has sold out. A limited number of standby tickets may be available on the day of the event.
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D.D. Degg On W.P. Trent
From The Daily Cartoonist, December 1, 2025, D.D. Degg gives us “Rarities: W.P. Trent Panels”
…Some interesting work, and photos of Trent I’ve never seen before (including the one shown here). Good stuff!.
Mr. Trent contributed to The New Yorker from 1926-1941.
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More “New Yorker At 100” Reviews and A Screening Of Note
Two more reviews popped up recently for the forthcoming film, The New Yorker At 100 (it’ll be on Netflix December 5th).
From Screen Rant, December 1, 2025, a review by Gregory Nussen: “Netflix’s Celebration of the Magazine Is No More In Depth Than a Birthday Celebration… The New Yorker At 100 Is Thin On History, Long On Flattery”
From Variety, November 30, 2025, a review by Owen Gleiberman, “The New Yorker At 100: A Nimble and Infectious Portrait of The Quintessential Magazine”
Earlier reviews:
Screening of Note!
The New Yorker editor, David Remnick will be in conversation with “The New Yorker At 100” director, Marshall Curry and actor Judd Apatow on December 4th at the 92NY. Details here.
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Bill Mahrer’s Guest, John Malkovich “Decodes” A (Familiar To Me) New Yorker Cartoon
On the November 30, 2025 Bill Mahrer “Decoding New Yorker Cartoon” episode, the guest was actor John Malkovich. For each episode, Mr. Mahrer asks his guest to pick a drawing out of a bowl, describe it, and then tell us the caption. I usually try to guess what drawing is being “decoded” before the caption’s revealed. I’m not always successful. But in this case, as Mr. Malkovich rolled out his very detailed description (speaking as only he can speak), it slowly dawned on me he was describing a drawing of mine that appeared in The New Yorker, April 4, 2010:
