Cartoonist and illustrator W. B. Park has passed away. William Bryan (W.B.) Park June 12, 1936 – January 2, 2021 author, journalist, illustrator, cartoonist From the obituary: Bill was a well-known international cartoonist, writer and illustrator. He opened his Park-Art Studio in Orlando in 1963. He had over 60 cartoons published in The New Yorker […]
Oliphant, 85, is calm and good-humored. Over the course of his career, he resisted making friends with politicians and his non-nonchalance is still evident. A resident of Santa Fe since 2004, Oliphant retired six years ago because of his deteriorating eyesight. In 1964, Oliphant accepted a job with The Denver Post. Within three years, he […]
Some articles about the past history of cartooning. In Search of … Tony Barlow This little tale begins, as so many do on the Spill, with an inadvertent discovery. While thumbing through the The New Yorker War Cartoons (Special Edition For the Armed Services, published 1945), I noticed, amidst familiar work … a cartoonist’s name […]
It’s Friday, but we’ll do funnies tomorrow. I’m actually hoping to go back to a random mix, with days of humor interspersed with days of politics and no particular pattern. It used to be like that here. Which brings to mind this graphic the Onion ran in the wake of 9/11, when they finally rang […]