AddamsFest 2024
From Patch.com, September 6, 2024, “Addamsfest Returns to Westfield In October 2024”
Note: Jersey’s own, Dan Misdea will be on hand on Sunday, October 6th for a “Cartooning Workshop.”
Mr. Misdea began contributing to The New Yorker in 2021
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/
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Video Of interest…David Ostow
From NBCnewyork. com, September 6, 2024, this video piece, “David Ostow On Journey To Becoming A New Yorker Cartoonist”
Mr. Ostow began contributing to The New Yorker in 2018.
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The Tilley Watch Online, September 2-6, 2024
An end of the week listing of New Yorker artists whose work has appeared on newyorker.com features
The Daily Cartoon: Ali Solomon, Jon Adams, Jimmy Craig
Shouts & Murmurs: Ali Fitzgerald
Back To School: a themed slideshow of cartoons
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A page of coffee mugs bearing New Yorker covers popped up on my screen this morning. I generally don’t pay too much attention to product, but thought this George Booth mug was kind’ve great …
Ostow video link isn’t working.