Midweek Museum Miscellany
Louis M. Glackens: Pure Imagination April 14, 2024 through March 30, 2025 Louis Glackens was a trailblazing figure who became…
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Leo Michael Debuts as New Cartoonist
From Plastic News: This week’s issue marks the first time since Plastics News was founded in 1989 without a Rich…
ChatGBT Draws a New Yorker Cartoon
Jason Kottke writes: In June 2021 (pre The Bear), New Yorker cartoonist Zoe Si coached Ayo Edebiri through the process…
Wayback Whensday – Tapestry to Gallery
Bayeux Tapestry as the first-ever comic strip The Bayeux Tapestry is considered one of the most famous and recognisable historical…
Miss Cellany Visits Jan U. Airy and Meets…
Michael Maslin, Sandra Boynton, Dishonest John, and others. Michael Maslin has a fun, short essay about Fridays for New Yorker…
Cartoonist Natalie Brown Gets No Respect
In its online edition of the Indiana Prairie Farmer section Farm Progress ran a story by Tom J. Bechman about…
A Random Selection of Comics
The First Dog on the Moon presents “a random selection” of topics that didn’t pass muster. We’ve stood that on…
Odds & Ends
The “best” of The New Yorker and Roll Call and Editorial Cartoons (Eppys) and a failure. If the algorithm is…
The Story of a New New Yorker Cartoonist
The September 25 issue of The New Yorker saw Kyle Bravo debut as one of two new cartoonists to the…
Black Friday Free-For-All
Ed Subitzky, Walt Handelsman, David Sipress, Roger Kastel, Ron Turner, Denis Kitchen, and more. Speaking of leftovers – here’s some…
Bill Lee – RIP
Cartoonist Bill Lee has passed away. William Saul (Bill) Lee November 15, 1938 – November 15, 2023 From the New…
John Dusko – RIP
Painter, illustrator, and cartoonist John Dusko has passed away. John Andrew Dusko, Jr. April 3, 1933 – October 7, 2023…
Tony Husband – RIP
British cartoonist Tony Husband has passed away. William Anthony (Tony) Husband August 28, 1950 – October 18, 2023 Tony’s son…
Mary Lawton – Thursday Child Has Gone Far
For 30 years, Houston-based cartoonist Mary Lawton submitted her work to The New Yorker. For 30 years, she received a…
All Over The Place
We know where Mike is, but me? – I’m all over the place. Following are items from hither and yon….