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Computer-Generated New Yorker Cartoons Are Delightfully Weird

Avatar photo by Valentina Di Liscia August 29, 2021August 30, 2021

The palimpsestic drawings and irreverent captions dissolve into senselessness, upending the ubiquitous cartoon medium.

Posted inArt

Bulls, Bears, and Others Symbols of Wall Street Protest Art

Avatar photo by Billie Anania March 10, 2021March 11, 2021

When traders on r/wallstreetbets started bankrupting short sellers of GameStop and AMC stock, social media rejuvenated imagery stretching back to the 19th century.

Posted inArt

Cowboys, Curators, and Finicky-Fingered Mincers

by Michael Glover January 18, 2020January 17, 2020

As fairly customary, Glen Baxter is taking a tilt at the absurdities of the fuzzy, whizzy showbizyness of the art world.

Posted inArt

Remembering Richard Williams, the World’s Greatest Animator

Avatar photo by Dan Schindel August 20, 2019

The genius behind Roger Rabbit and The Thief and the Cobbler brought an unprecedented three-dimensional feeling to traditional animation.

Flyer for Jerry Beck's Cartoons You Won't See on TV at Club 57 (1980), the Museum of Modern Art, New York, Department of Film Special Collections (courtesy the Museum of Modern Art, New York)
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An Intimate Screening of Classic Cartoons at the Museum of Modern Art

Avatar photo by Benjamin Sutton February 7, 2018

As part of the Museum of Modern Art’s exhibition about Club 57, animation historian Jerry Beck hosts a program of nine classic cartoons he screened there in the late 1970s and early ’80s.

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If These Books Could Talk, This Is What They’d Say

by Elena Goukassian October 10, 2017March 13, 2018

In a collection of one-page graphic stories, anthropomorphic books and imaginative characters take on God, museums, and identity crises.

Posted inIn Brief

Turkish Publisher Shuts Down Magazine for Printing Moses Cartoon

by Jillian Steinhauer February 22, 2017

After the office of President Erdoğan condemned the cartoon, the publisher of Gırgır closed the magazine and threatened to file criminal complaints against staffers.

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Illustrating the Greatest Bookstores in the World

Avatar photo by Allison Meier November 7, 2016November 14, 2016

Cartoonist Bob Eckstein illustrated 75 of the world’s most beautiful, strange, and beloved local bookstores, many of which are in danger of closing.

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Cartoonist Pronounced Dead, Believed Murdered by Syrian Regime

by Laura C. Mallonee October 8, 2015October 8, 2015

According to Souriatnapress, Akram Raslan died in the spring of 2013 while in the custody of the forces of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

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Preserving the Templates for Historic Stained Glass Found Around the World

by Claire Voon August 5, 2015August 6, 2015

To organize the many pieces that form just one stained glass window, artists often create full-scale drawings of the final work that serve as maps for the intricate process.

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Solidarity or Armchair Activism? Drawing for Atena Farghadani

by Laura C. Mallonee June 16, 2015May 3, 2016

Many are showing their support for Iranian cartoonist Atena Farghadani, recently sentenced to 12 years in prison, under the hashtags #FreeAtena and #Draw4Atena.

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Malaysian Cartoonist Charged with “Sedition” for Political Tweets

by Laura C. Mallonee April 6, 2015April 6, 2015

Last Friday, Malaysia officially charged the 52-year-old cartoonist Zunar with nine counts of sedition — a charge that could send him to jail for up to 43 years.

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