Second Saturday Cartoonist: Phil Witte and Rex Hesner
Saturday, November 9, 2024
1:00 pm
Cost: Included with Museum admission. Free for Members!
Meet, watch, talk to, laugh, and learn with cartoonist Phil Witte and cartoon critic Rex Hesner, as they give a multimedia presentation based on their book Funny Stuff: How Great Cartoonists Make Great Cartoons (Prometheus Books, 2024). Funny Stuff examines the single-panel gag cartoon, the creative process, illustration styles, types of humor, and more, with over 100 cartoons by legendary cartoonists, plus exclusive interviews and a foreword by Bob Mankoff, the former cartoon editor of The New Yorker.
ABOUT PHIL WITTE
Phil Witte is a cartoonist and author. His cartoons have appeared in dozens of publications in the US and UK, including The Wall Street Journal, Barron’s, Reader’s Digest, Private Eye, The New Statesman, and, as a collaborator, The New Yorker. He wrote two joke books on aging, What You Don’t Know About Turning 50 and the sequel on turning 60, and has contributed humor pieces to print and online publications. Witte has also written straight articles and essays for The Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, and other leading newspapers. He’s a member of the National Cartoonists Society. Find him online at philwitte.com.
ABOUT REX HESNER
Rex Hesner is a jazz musician, writer, and cartoon critic. He established Cartoon Companion, the first website dedicated to reviewing and rating single-panel cartoons. He and collaborator Phil Witte wrote weekly postings over a two-year period before attracting the attention of New Yorker Cartoon Editor Bob Mankoff. Migrating to Mankoff’s online cartoon treasure trove, CartoonStock, provided Hesner and Witte with half a million cartoons to feed their semi-monthly thematic blog, Anatomy of a Cartoon.