Liza Donnelly Liza Donnelly is an award-winning cartoonist and writer for The New Yorker, the New York Times, Washington Post, CBS News, The Nation, Ms. Magazine, and others. She is the creator of digital live-drawing visual journalism and has reported for major news outlets. Author of 18 books for adults and children, Liza was a cultural envoy for the US State Department, and her TED talk was translated into 40 languages. Liza Donnelly has been a cartoonist for The New Yorker for over 30 years. When she started, she was one of only three women cartoonists being published by the magazine at that time. Ms. Donnelly has written and illustrated a series of children’s books about dinosaurs and has edited four collections of cartoons, including Mothers and Daughters, and, with Michael Maslin, Fathers and Sons, Husbands and Wives, and Call Me When You Reach Nirvana. She has also contributed cartoons and illustrations to The New York Times, The Nation, Cosmopolitan, and many other national magazines. Roz Chast is a regular cartoonist for The New Yorker, and her cartoons have also been published in Scientific American, the Harvard Business Review, Redbook, and Mother Jones. Her books include several compilations of her cartoons and her NYT bestselling and National Book Award Finalist memoir CAN'T WE TALK ABOUT SOMETHING MORE PLEASANT? She also illustrated THE ALPHABET FROM A TO Y WITH BONUS LETTER Z, the bestselling children's book by Steve Martin. She lives in Connecticut. Kim Warp has been contributing cartoons to The New Yorker since 1999. Her work has appeared in many publications and anthologies, including “The Rejection Collection” and “The New Yorker Encyclopedia of Cartoons.” She previously created an exhibition, “Tell Me Why This Is Funny,” to answer her mother’s most frequently asked question. Kendra Allenby draws cartoons for the New Yorker and other magazines. She also teaches, gives talks, and draws cartoons for the Red Cross and other organizations to help them clarify and share their thoughts. Based in New York City, Kendra goes for long hikes and bike rides that sometimes last for months and draws what she finds there. She uses drawing to better understand being human. Your purchase of a book helps support the author and our independent bookstore and is greatly appreciated. Shipping or pickup available.
Oblong Online Book Launch: Liza Donnelly, VERY FUNNY LADIES
From Feb 16, 2022 12:00 AM to 1:00 AM GMT
Organized by Oblong Books
Free
The New Yorker's Women Cartoonists. With Roz Chast, Kim Warp & Kendra Allenby.
Liza Donnelly Liza Donnelly is an award-winning cartoonist and writer for The New Yorker, the New York Times, Washington Post, CBS News, The Nation, Ms. Magazine, and others. She is the creator of digital live-drawing visual journalism and has reported for major news outlets. Author of 18 books for adults and children, Liza was a cultural envoy for the US State Department, and her TED talk was translated into 40 languages.
Liza Donnelly has been a cartoonist for The New Yorker for over 30 years. When she started, she was one of only three women cartoonists being published by the magazine at that time. Ms. Donnelly has written and illustrated a series of children’s books about dinosaurs and has edited four collections of cartoons, including Mothers and Daughters, and, with Michael Maslin, Fathers and Sons, Husbands and Wives, and Call Me When You Reach Nirvana. She has also contributed cartoons and illustrations to The New York Times, The Nation, Cosmopolitan, and many other national magazines.
Roz Chast is a regular cartoonist for The New Yorker, and her cartoons have also been published in Scientific American, the Harvard Business Review, Redbook, and Mother Jones. Her books include several compilations of her cartoons and her NYT bestselling and National Book Award Finalist memoir CAN'T WE TALK ABOUT SOMETHING MORE PLEASANT? She also illustrated THE ALPHABET FROM A TO Y WITH BONUS LETTER Z, the bestselling children's book by Steve Martin. She lives in Connecticut.
Kim Warp has been contributing cartoons to The New Yorker since 1999. Her work has appeared in many publications and anthologies, including “The Rejection Collection” and “The New Yorker Encyclopedia of Cartoons.” She previously created an exhibition, “Tell Me Why This Is Funny,” to answer her mother’s most frequently asked question.
Kendra Allenby draws cartoons for the New Yorker and other magazines. She also teaches, gives talks, and draws cartoons for the Red Cross and other organizations to help them clarify and share their thoughts. Based in New York City, Kendra goes for long hikes and bike rides that sometimes last for months and draws what she finds there. She uses drawing to better understand being human.
Your purchase of a book helps support the author and our independent bookstore and is greatly appreciated. Shipping or pickup available.