With the explosion of talkies in the late 1920s, movie studios looked to talent from the New York stage to write dialogue and musical numbers. Studios quickly found that the salaciousness typical of Broadway wouldn’t fly in other parts of the country. The Catholic Church was calling for a purification of cinema, and the movies […]
Jacques Goldstyn, a.k.a. Boris, is the first cartoonist in the Artist For Peace 34 year history to be so honored. L’Artiste pour la Paix a annoncé: Jacques Goldstyn alias Boris est choisi à l’unanimité Artiste pour la Paix de l’année 2022 (adopté par le C.A. des APLP). Il a été honoré le 14 février à […]
Adrian Tomine first appeared in The New Yorker in 1999, he first appeared on The New Yorker in 2004. About 20 years ago, cartoonist Adrian Tomine experienced two simultaneous major life events: he moved from California to Brooklyn, where he has lived ever since, and he landed his first New Yorker cover. His instantly recognizable […]
Watson rouses up my ambivalence for the story of how George Santos reportedly/allegedly ripped off some “Amish dog breeders” with bad checks. I have no reluctance in comparing Santos to Dr. Doom in regard to his reported/alleged theft of funds for a veteran’s ailing dog, but I’m conflicted on this one. The reason I put […]