From The Recent Past Come Some Weekend Whatnots
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The New Yorker, The Lockhorns, Flash Gordon, Phil Miller, Jim Steranko. Yaakov Kirschen, and John Donohue are in the spotlight.
Since Mike ends with a video I’ll start with a video.
N.Y.C.’s ROOF Studio partnered with Le Truc, the creative collective within Publicis Groupe, alongside The Condé Nast Creative Marketing Team and Human, to create an animated film celebrating the 100th anniversary of The New Yorker. Encapsulating the magazine’s unrelenting insights and perspectives on literature, art, culture and current events, the film turns the pages of history, one iconic cover at a time, presenting a sweeping portrait of The New Yorker’s ineffable stamp on the world.
Mercedes Milligan for Animation Magazine goes behind the scenes in the making of one minute commercial celebration of The New Yorker‘s 100th anniversary.
The script isn’t a single linear story, but a series of reflections
Lockhorns
In celebration of THE LOCKHORNS: “Someday We’ll Look Back on This and Quickly Change the Subject,” we are giving three lucky winners a signed copy of the book. Complete the form [at the link] below to enter the giveaway before May 11 at 11:59 p.m. CST. This giveaway is for U.S. residents only. No purchase is required to enter. Must be 18+ to enter.
A late notice, act quickly – GoComics is giving away The Lockhorns, the book.
Gordon
El personajes más famoso de los cómics de ciencia ficción y uno de los cómics más populares de todos los tiempos. Una edición de coleccionista que reúne, por vez primera, todas sus aventuras aparecidas en la prensa, incluyendo todas sus páginas dominicales y tiras diarias.
Do you realize that in Europe there is available books featuring entire runs of comic strips?
In this case Flash Gordon from 1934 to 2003 (The new Dan Schkade run not yet available).
The most famous character in science fiction comics and one of the most popular comics of all time. A collector's edition that brings together, for the first time, all of his adventures that appeared in the press, including all his Sunday pages and daily strips. [Google translate]
Miller
WHITESBORO, N.Y. — A Whitesboro resident has been named a finalist for the 2024 National Cartoonists Society Divisional Awards.
Phil Miller is being recognized for his penciling work on “Avenger New Blood” #1, a comic book published by Lenovations Press, placing him among the nation’s top comic book artists.
Phil Miller, a nominee for an NCS Silver Reuben, gets a segment on WKTV-TV.
Steranko
Speaking of comic books…
We are thrilled to announce that Jim Steranko is working on Volume 3 of the acclaimed Steranko History of Comics. As Special Advisor to this project, I’m excited to share that Volumes 1 and 2 will also be updated with new supplemental material, and all three volumes are planned to be published in full color.
We are seeking contributions of rare and original materials related to the Golden Age of Comics, including documents, original covers, photos, color comps, special pages, presentations, character/costume designs, and unpublished images.
Over 50 years after The Steranko History of Comics two volumes comes the hope of a third volume.
Kirschen
Yaakov Kirschen’s first cartoon was published in the Jerusalem Post on Jan. 1, 1973. The comic, called “Dry Bones,” starred a Ziggy-like character named Shuldig, a bald and bristly everyman, and his dog Doobie.
I first read Dry Bones in Hebrew school, when it served as an American Jewish teen’s introduction to the mild kvetching and occasionally pointed political musings of an average “Anglo” Israeli — that is, an immigrant from an English-speaking country, like Kirschen.
Up until nearly the day he died last month at 87, Kirschen kept at it, portraying such Israelis — for good and for ill — to a mostly English-speaking audience.
Yaakov Kirschen is remembered by Andrew Silow-Carroll for the Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Donohue
Former New Yorker editor and cartoonist John Donohue, author of All the Restaurants in New York, now brings his sketchpad to Philadelphia’s vibrant restaurant scene, writes Bedatri D. Choudhury for The Philadelphia Inquirer.
Having sketched nearly 1,500 restaurants in New York, Donohue aims to do the same with Philadelphia.
A self-taught artist with over 20 years of experience, Donohue realized that drawing made him both happy and calm.
Jensen Toussaint for Bucksco Today profiles sketch artist John Donohue.
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