New Yorker cartoonist and children's book author Nurit Karlin died April 30 at a hospital in Tel Aviv, Israel. She was 80 years old. No cause of death was given.
From Michael Maslin's Inkspill:
"Ms. Karlin’s first New Yorker cartoon ran in the issue of March 18, 1974. At the time she was the only female cartoonist whose work was appearing in the magazine (the last before her was Mary Petty, who passed away in 1976, but whose final contribution to the magazine was in the issue of March 19, 1966). Ms. Karlin was the only female cartoonist in the pages of The New Yorker from April of 1966 through July of 1978 when Roz Chast’s first cartoon was published. Ms. Karlin went on to draw 77 cartoons for the magazine. Her last was published October 24, 1988. "
From "Nurit Karlin, Israeli-born cartoonist who broke into a men’s club at The New Yorker, dies at 80" in the Jewish Telegraphic Agency:
"Before coming to the United States to study animation at the School of Visual Arts in New York, she served in the Israeli army and studied at the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design in Jerusalem.
"Fellow cartoonist Liza Donnelly recalled that when she asked Karlin where she got her ideas, she replied, 'If I knew where they came from, I would be the first in line! I used to doodle. Then something would be there.'
"Karlin published a collection of her work, 'No Comment,' in 1978. She also wrote and illustrated children’s books, including 'The Tooth Witch' (1985), 'The Dream Factory' (1988) and 'I See, You Saw' (1997).
"Karlin, who never married, is survived by her sister, Dina Wardi, and two nieces.
"After retiring about 13 years ago, she returned to live in Israel, according to The New York Times. She was active in Yesh Din, a group that aims to protect the human rights of Palestinians living under Israeli military control."
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