Friday Event Liza Donnelly explores [the New Yorker women cartoonists] in her new book, Very Funny Ladies (with foreward by David Remnick and Emma Allen) that celebrates the increase in gender, racial and ethnic diversity among cartoonists today at The New Yorker. Female cartoonists Roz Chast, Amy Hwang, Emily Flake will talk — and laugh […]
In 1926 cartoonist George Storm adapted Johann Wyss’ The Swiss Family Robinson into a comic strip serial for the McClure Syndicate. The closed-end strip ran daily from October 18, 1926 to March 18, 1927 in most newspapers that carried it. Ron Goulart excerpts from Nemo, the Classic comics Library #4: While looking for something […]
Ann Telnaes summarizes yesterday’s confirmation hearings for Ketanji Brown-Jackson, which, as she notes, had nothing to do with assessing the judge’s qualification but were, instead, a chance for GOP politicians to compile sound bites. Chuck Grassley (R-Ia) asked her a for-real question about allowing cameras in the Supreme Court, and she properly replied that — […]