Guy Billout Exhibition in New York

From the Philippe Labaune Gallery.

Regulations - The Atlantic Monthly Magazine, 1997

The Philippe Labaune Gallery is currently presenting Quiet Catastrophes, a comprehensive solo exhibition of the work of acclaimed illustrator Guy Billout.

The exhibition brings together original drawings and editorial works spanning Billout’s career, including a significant selection from his remarkably longstanding collaboration with The Atlantic Monthly. 

The New Yorker 100th Anniversary

 

The New Yorker celebrates its centenary this month.

 It’s been one hundred years since our founding editor, Harold Ross, and his wife, Jane Grant, dreamed up what they called a “comic paper” over poker games and liquid lunches at the Algonquin Hotel and other midtown haunts. 

The 100th Anniversary Issue is available in full today exclusively to our subscribers. 

Political Cartoonists on facing Donald Trump

Zach Rabiroff in The Comics Journal.

Trump's ABC by Ann Telnaes

Zach Rabiroff for The Comics Journal investigates the state of political cartooning as the practitioners face a revitalized and seemingly very powerful Donald Trump who is entering his second term as President of the United States with few limits in his way. 

"At Wit's End: Cartoonists of the New Yorker"

From Bookshop. 

An exclusive sneak peek inside the creative minds of more than 50 New Yorker cartoonists, celebrating legends and newcomers alike with stunning photography and engaging profiles.

The Onion to release print edition

From The Globe and Mail.

The Onion will hand out its new print edition this week at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago.

The Comics Journal #310

From Fantagraphics. 

Multimedia artist and satirist Gerald Scarfe, best known globally for his Pink Floyd’s The Wall and Disney’s Hercules iconography, talks to Gary Groth about his scabrous film, TV, and comics career, spanning 60+ years.

Zach Rabiroff does a journalistic deep dive into Bill Jemas’s tenure as Vice President of Marvel from 2000–2004, the creation of the Marvel Ultimates Universe, and much more. 

Also: visual artists Aidan Koch (Earth Comics, The Blonde Woman) and Lale Westvind (Grip) in conversation; a Jess Johnson sketchbook; a Fair Warning interview with TCJ Best of 2022 cartoonist Juliette Collet; a look at Chris Companik’s HIV-awareness comics, original work by Allee Errico, and much more.

The Comics Journal #310

On sale August 27, 2024

$24.99

"What, Me Worry? The Art and Humor of MAD Magazine" Exhibition

From the Norman Rockwell Museum.

Illustration by Richard Williams

The Norman Rockwell Museum will explore the art and satire of MAD magazine in the exhibit, What, Me Worry? The Art and Humor of MAD Magazine. 

Over 150 pieces of original art will be displayed, including paintings, drawings, cartoons, ephemera, artifacts, and other media. 

One gallery will be focused solely on the work of Mort Drucker, who spent more than five decades drawing caricatures and illustrations for MAD.

Mongolia magazine sued by Catholic group

From Ground News.

Cartoonist Darío Adanti, one of the editors at Mongolia humour magazine, is currently the subject of legal action from a Catholic group over a front cover photo montage that made a crude joke about The Nativity. 

There is a rash of such lawsuits pertaining to religious sensitivity, to such an extent that Amnesty International in Spain are calling for reform of the penal code. 

Norman Rockwell: Drawings, 1911-1976

 

The first book on the brilliant yet little-seen drawings of Norman Rockwell—including side-by-side comparisons of his drawings and his finished paintings.

Underground Cartoonist Aline Kominsky-Crumb Dies At 74

From Forbes. 

The underground comix scene, which arose from the counterculture of the 1960s, was not especially supportive of female artists. 

One of the few to break through and leave a lasting legacy was Aline Kominsky-Crumb, whose frank, self-lacerating, darkly humorous stories helped inspire generations of visual storytellers and the wider culture. 

Word started spreading on social media that Kominsky-Crumb died on Tuesday at her home in France from pancreatic cancer. She was 74.

George Lois, an icon of ads and magazine covers, has died at 91

From NPR.

George Lois, the hard-selling, charismatic advertising man and designer who fashioned some of the most daring magazine images of the 1960s and popularized such catchphrases and brand names as "I Want My MTV" and "Lean Cuisine," has died. He was 91.

Lois' son, the photographer Luke Lois, said he died "peacefully" Friday at his home in Manhattan.

"Living & Dying in America" by Steve Brodner

Every day, late at night or early in the morning, from March 26, 2020 to January 1, 2022, the political cartoonist and illustrator Steve Brodner would get to work. 

In those midnight hours, he would review the day’s reportage, sit down at his drawing board, and memorialize a singular person or event that played a role, willingly or unwillingly, in shaping that day.

Paul Coker Jr., 1929-2022

From The Comics Journal.

Paul Coker Jr., prolific cartoonist, illustrator, and longtime MAD Magazine contributor, passed away at his home in Santa Fe, New Mexico, on July 23, 2022, at the age of 93.

The New Yorker pays tribute to Sempé

 

The above, "Morning Music", is Sempé's 114th cover for The New Yorker. The issue features an interview with his widow Martine Gossieaux.

Adrian Tomine’s “Easing Back”

 Françoise Mouly in The New Yorker.

For many of us, covid-19 transformed life in a matter of days. 

We have a bit more leisure when it comes to our return, with each person proceeding at their own pace. 

In his new cover, Adrian Tomine, the artist behind one of the most enduring images of quarantine, depicts the lingering presence of the pandemic on our past, our present, and perhaps even our future. 

Tomine recently told us about what he’s looking forward to this summer.

The American Bystander at 18

 From The Daily Heller.

When in 2015, Trump was just an annoying little gnat, Michael Gerber knew that humor would be a saving grace in a demonic moment of history & unveiled The American Bystander, the first new national humor magazine in 30 years. 

Private Eye editor looks at satirising 2020

 From The Irish Examiner.

Ian Hislop in the Private Eye office

Ian Hislop, editor of the UK satirical magazine Private Eye, and team captain on political panel show Have I Got News For You, has every reason to be thoroughly pessimistic.

The final AAEC Notebook

 From Twitter.

The annual AAEC Notebook is back from the printer and headed out to members this week! 

As this may be the last print edition of the 63-year-old editorial cartoonist publication, we wanted to go out with a bang. Good riddance, 2020.

Barry Blitt's "America in Line"

 From The New Yorker.

One does not envy the artist assigned to do a cover for a Presidential election. Four years ago, Barry Blitt aced the task, producing an image that, in a polarized country, could resonate with most any American. 

In The New Yorker’s latest issue, he pulls a similar trick, nodding only to what we already know: that many people are eager to vote, and that those who didn’t mail their ballots have often been spending hours in line to cast them. 

We recently talked to Blitt about how he’s preparing himself for the results.

Charlie Hebdo reprints cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad

 From PRI-The World.

French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo is reprinting cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad, just as accomplices in the 2015 office attack begin their trial today. 

That massacre left a dozen people dead, including some of France’s most notable — and controversial — cartoonists. 

Cartoonist Patrick Chappatte talks to host Carol Hills about what's changed in the past 5 years in terms of tolerance for political cartoons.