IT WAS QUITE a fun evening, with a very animated discussion, at the Algonquin last Wednesday. Five of us cartoonists conducted a panel and q and a, and right off the bat, there was a substantial back and forth about why there are not more women in humor and cartooning. The general agreement was that it is a combination of : cultural forces that do not encourage women to be funny, so there are not the number of submissions from women that equal submissions by men; and editorial forces. More later….check out the post to your right.
Check out my new book: A collection of cartoons by ten wonderful cartoonists who happen to be women. See some photos from the Launch Party held at The Museum of Sex in NYC on April 1st in my posts.
NEW on the Sex and Sensibility Page! A selection of cartoons from the book….click on sex and sensibility to the right…
Last week, I moderated a panel titled “The Art Of Humor: Ten Women Examine the Lunacy of Modern Love in Cartoons” . The cartoonists who participated were Victoria Roberts, Kim Warp, Carolita Johnson, Maris Acocella Marcheto, Barbara Smaller, Signe Wilkinson, Ann Telnaes. Held at the venerable Society of Illustrators (128 East 63rd Street), we had a good crowd and a lively discussion about gender, cartoons, editors, sex. The panel was taped and will be archived soon at: http://www.societyillustrators.org/index.cms Check it out!
Sex And Sensibility: Ten Women Examine the Lunacy of Modern Love in 200 Cartoons
Wonderful cartoons by 8 New Yorker cartoonists and 2 Pulitzer Prize winning editorial cartoonists–all about the battle of the sexes. The cartoonists not only contributed hilarious cartoons, but also very interesting essays on what it means to be a cartoonist, a woman, and how they feel about sex. The book is fun and political, and I had a great time editing it.
The women who contributed are: Roz Chast, Carolita Johnson, Ann
Telnaes, Kim Warp, Julia Suits, Marisa Acocella Marchetto, Barbara
Smaller, Victoria Roberts, Signe Wilkinson and myself.
Published by TWELVE, an imprint of Grand Central Publishing. There will be a booksingings and other events which will be listed here and on my Sex and Sensibility page of this website.
http://www.twelvebooks.com/content/books.asp
March 10th, 2008 at 1:55 am
Liza - Just wanted to let you know that I love the book!!
Warm Regards,
Ellen
Ellen S. Abramowitz
Chairman
Museum of Comic & Cartoon Art - MoCCA
594 Broadway
Phone: 212-254-3511 Fax:212-254-3590
New York, NY 10012
eabramowitz@moccany.org
http://www.moccany.org
March 11th, 2008 at 10:01 pm
Thanks, Ellen! Hope all is well at Mocca, and thank you for commenting–you are the first. Best wishes, Liza
April 7th, 2008 at 7:27 pm
Hi Liza,
I’m trying to find your round table talk on the web but it’s not there yet. Shucks. Can’t wait to see the book and buy it too. Hooray!
I hope you’ll sign it with a naked self portrait!
See you at the cello stand.
Ferris
April 19th, 2008 at 7:01 am
Hey Ferris,
The interview on The Round Table is up now on my home page. Barbara Smaller and Victoria Roberts and I spoke to Joe Donohue on NPR. It was great. Fellow New Yorker cartoonist Mick Stevens said he heard it in FLORIDA. Go figure.
Cello stand, yes. Naked self portrait, no. Thanks for coming to the booksigning!
Liza