Video: Jules Feiffer Interviewed by Dan Rattiner

Dan Rattiner of "Dan's Papers" fame talked to Jules Feiffer on November 11, 2022 for his video series "Who’s Here in the Hamptons."

Episode 105: This week on the “Dan’s Talks” podcast, Dan Rattiner speaks with Jules Feiffer, cartoonist and author. Feiffer has been considered the most widely read satirist in the country and won the Pulitzer Prize in 1986 as North America’s leading editorial cartoonist. In 2004 he was inducted into the Comic Book Hall of Fame, and in 1961, his animated short "Munro" won an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film. 

In each episode of the “Who’s Here in the Hamptons” podcast (aka Dan’s Talks), Dan’s Papers founder Dan Rattiner introduces you to a new guest, some well known, others with interesting careers and stories, authors, musicians, restaurateurs, some characters and some behind-the-scenes people who live, work and play in the summer paradise of the rich and famous.

 

Happy Thursday

 

George Booth Links from The New York Times, The New Yorker and Hogan's Alley

George Booth, who passed away earlier this month, has a wonderful obituary in the New York Times. Take a look. And here's a photo of the printed page. You can see it takes up three quarters of the page and there are four graphics. Wonderful coverage.

New Yorker Cartoon Editor Emma Allen remembers George in its November 14, 2022 issue here. 

Hogan's Alley Publisher/Editor Tom Heintjes has released my interview with George from behind its paywall. Thank you, Tom! 

Here's a snippet from that interview:

Lynch: Were you using a dip pen or brush? Or whatever you had?

Booth: I was using a croquil writing point, an old-fashioned thing. The thin point and a bottle of India ink. But I also had a photography department down the hallway, who was greatly cooperative. It was run by the man who was the original photographer of the original flag raising on Iwo Jima. But he didn’t get credit for it because a guy came along and set it up again like the famous picture and statue.

Lynch: That’s not right.

Booth: Glory is short-lived sometimes.

Dick Buchanan's Favorite Gag Cartoons 1946 - 1964

Dick Buchanan sent me an email with some choice cartoons that he likes the best. As ever, I am very happy (and thankful) to share Dick's colossal single panel cartoon collection. Thanks, Dick -- and everyone: sit back and enjoy these great gag cartoons:

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FAVORITE CARTOONS

1946 - 1964

Every once in awhile some asks me what some of my favorite cartoons are.  It’s usually me that asks--I talk to myself a lot.  But since the subject came up, I thought I we might take the opportunity to choose a few cartoons from the Clip File that are among my favorites. More mid-century mirth from some great cartoonists.

1. VIRGIL PARTCH. Collier’s February 16, 1946.

2. MELL LAZARUS. The Saturday Evening Post June 20, 1950.

3. SAM COBEAN. Take it from a guy who was actually a kid in 1947, NOBODY had

A haircut like that kid’s. Collier’s May 17, 1947.

4. SIDNEY HARRIS. 1000 Jokes Magazine March-May, 1965.

5. JOHN DEMPSEY. 1000 Jokes Magazine February-March, 1955.

6. JARO FABRY. Collier’s June 5,1948.

7.  TOM HENDERSON. The Saturday Evening Post June 17, 1961.

8. JOHN JARVIS. Collier’s August 21,1948.

9. LEW FOLLETTE. Liberty Magazine June 8,1946.

10. JERRY MARCUS.  American Legion Magazine  February, 1956.

11. IRWIN CAPLAN.  American Legion Magazine July,1946.

12. CLYDE LAMB. Boy’s Life January 1951.

13. TRACHTENBERG.  Collier’s August 21, 1948

14. MARTHA BLANCHARD. 1000 Jokes Magazine September-November, 1964.

15. CHARLES RODRIGUES. Cartoons & Gags  August,1960.

-- Edited from a blog entry of November 15, 2017.

CXC CartoonCrossroads Video: Queer Banned Books Roundtable, with MariNaomi, Trung Le Nguyen (Trungles) and Maia Kobabe

From CartoonCrossroads:

CXC 2022: Keynote: Queer banned books roundtable, with MariNaomi, Trung Le Nguyen (Trungles) and Maia Kobabe. Over the past year, nearly 1,145 books have been the target of bans from schools, libraries, and bookshops across the U.S, an unprecedented number. And with their ability to tells stories through text and image, comics are right at the center with bans against graphic memoirs like Art Spiegelman’s Maus and Maia Kobabe’s Gender Queer making national headlines. Often, books that tell stories about queerness, race, gender, and history are the target of bans, as is the case for Trung Le Nguyen’s The Magic Fish and MariNaomi’s Life on Earth series. As Kobabe pointed out, book banning often hurts the very groups who are the subject of these works. As e wrote in The Washington Post, “Removing or restricting queer books in libraries and schools is like cutting a lifeline for queer youth.” In this essential panel, Kobabe, Nguyen, and MariNaomi come together to discuss the impact of book banning and why comics are at the center of the discussion yet again. Together, they’ll address cultivating creativity and community through comics during this divisive moment in history. 

Guests Courtesy of Columbus College of Art & Design Recorded at Columbus College of Art & Design 

Video production by Nicolettecinemagraphics: https://www.nicolettecinemagraphics.com/ 

Part of Cartoon Crossroads Columbus - October 6-9, 2022 

Cartoon Crossroads Columbus - CXC is a FREE comics, art & animation festival in Columbus, Ohio!

 

BBC Archive Video: WW1 Veterans return to Ypres | Tonight | 1961

"Tonight's Alan Whicker travels with British World War One veterans on a pilgrimage to the Flanders Fields battlefields near Ypres. While there, they will meet with German veterans of the conflict. Over 40 years have passed since they fought on these fields as enemies, how do they feel now?"

Originally broadcast 10 November, 1961. 

Explore how Britain has paid tribute to the fallen across more than a century as seen through the BBC archive.

 

Mike's Studio is a Mess

Am I brave or foolhardy for showing you this pic? As you can see, I really need to clean up my studio. The blog's gotta go on the back burner. I mean, really. LOL! It's such a mess.

 

PRO CARTOONIST & GAG WRITER Mid-Feb 1962

Here is the complete PRO CARTOONIST AND GAG WRITER for Mid-February 1962. This pro-zine was put together by the late, great Arnold Wagner. Famous Artists School founder Albert Dorne is caricatured on the cover, and there's an interview with him, conducted by LOOK Magazine cartoon editor Gurney Williams. More highlights:

• Virgil "VIP" Partch launches his syndicated "Big George" panel,
• veteran gag cartoonist Chon Day is interviewed by Arnold Wagner,
• Johnny Hart launches "funny caveman" strip B.C.,
• and the many insider features, including ads and "clip and file" market listings to paste into your Rolodex.

Video: How to Draw Willy Wonka with Quentin Blake

Here's Quentin Blake. This is a nice little video and you get to see him drawing. But the real reason I'm posting it is because -- about 17 seconds in -- when you first see him sitting at a table talking, there's a big two-tier shelf behind him with portfolio after portfolio. Each of these portfolios has a tag on it. These are his originals, all labeled by the book they appear in, and put away. Just an amazing quantity! But, of course, he's Quentin Blake. 

 

Dick Buchanan's Cartoon File: The Years of Al Ross - 1947 – 1968

Here, from the heart of Greenwich Village, is Dick Buchanan, with a bunch of cartoons and a brief article about one of the best in the single panel cartoon business: Al Ross.
 
As ever, thanks for sharing your cartoony toys, and take it away, Dick!

Al Ross was born Abraham Roth. He was always referred to as “one of the cartooning Roth brothers.” The oldest brother was Ben Roth; the other two were Salo and Irv Roir. They attended the Art Students League and began cartooning in the 1930’s. Their cartoons appeared in the major magazines of the day, Colliers, Saturday Evening Post, This Week and many others. Their work also appeared in many of the pulp cartoon magazines which proliferated at the time. According to all reports, they were a wacky bunch of guys, the cartooning equivalent to the Marx Brothers. Al was considered the most talented draftsman of the brothers. Few would disagree.

In the early days of gag cartooning, most if not all cartoonists made preliminary sketches, and inked over the penciled work to obtain the finished product. Not Al. Al famously quickly sketched the whole shebang. Others did not adopt this approach until the 1960’s.

Over the years his work evolved, like an older jazz musician who play few notes and use space to achieve their sound, Ross utilized this same minimalist technique in his cartoons, becoming freer and increasing minimalist over time.

His gags were always solid, and even in the earliest days, tinged with an intellectual bent.

 

1. For Laughing Out Loud, 1963.

 

 

2. Judge. March, 1947.

 

 

3. Collier’s. December 18, 1948.

 

 

4. True. August, 1949.

 

 

 

5. 1000 Jokes Magazine Summer, 1950.

 

 

6. Gags. February, 1951.

 

 

7. American Legion Magazine. December, 1953.

 

 

8. Collier’s. August 20, 1954.

 

 

9. Collier’s. July 8, 1955.

 

 

10. For Laughing Out Loud. July-Sept. 1957.

 

 

11. American Legion Magazine. December, 1958.

 

 

12. 1000 Jokes Magazine Mar-May, 1959.

 

 

13. 1000 Jokes Magazine. Mar-May, 1960.

 

 

14. Look. June 18, 1963.

 

15. 1000 Jokes Magazine. Sep-Nov, 1964.

 

-- Edited from an original blog entry of April 20, 2017.