Tag: the new yorker

Making a living as a cartoonist isn't easy, as longtime Beat readers well know. However, one excellent source of revenue for a while was The...

§ Nice Art: I saw some art from Argentine cartoonist Enrique Alcatena floating around and that dude is good. Please, won't someone launch Enkidu...

Okay it's been a while, but FREE COMICS ARE BACK. And we're back with My Body and My Daughter: An In-Depth Analysis by Glynnis Fawkes in...

§ In the biz we call this "Hell Week" because you have to get everything done for con in JUST ONE WEEK. Emails at...

Robert Mankoff is stepping down as cartoon editor of The New Yorker. He will be replaced by Emma Allen, a New Yorker staffer. Will the nature of laghter itself change?

Some interesting comics news just hit the wire. In response to the election of Donald Trump, Francoise Mouly and Nadja Spiegelman have put out...

by Alex Dueben Daniel Alarcón’s short story City of Clowns was originally published by The New Yorker  in 2003 and then as part of his...

Frankly, we need this book.

Ever wonder how cartoons REALLY get into the New Yorker? Tonight Very Semi-Serious: A Partially Thorough Portrait of New Yorker Cartoonists debuts on HBO...

Although The Beat is a loyal New Yorker subscriber (it's the only thing that holds our attention whilst on the elliptical) just beause you're a subscriber does't mean you get the Cartoons of the Year special edition. However if our email is to be believed, this issue includes several new pieces that may necessitate a trip to the newsstand.

http://www.cbsnews.com/common/video/cbsnews_player.swf Even in a world where major media coverage of comics personnel is a daily habit, this profile of The New Yorker's cartoon process by...