THE NEW YORKER AT 100
Friday, November 7 | 7 PM
The Grange Hall, West Tisbury
Dir. Marshall Curry | Documentary | U.S.A. | 2025 | 1 hr. 36 min. | Rated R
Followed by a discussion with The New Yorker cartoonists and Vineyard residents Paul Karasik and Mick Stevens
This documentary takes viewers inside one of the most influential magazines in America, as it celebrates its hundredth year in publication. With rare access to The New Yorker’s editors, writers, and archives, the film explores how the magazine has evolved in both content and cultural impact, while highlighting the dedication and creativity of the people who shape its pages, in an era when print media faces growing challenges.
MEET THE SPEAKERS
Paul Karasik is a two-time Eisner Award-winning cartoonist who has co-written and illustrated scholarly books about comics, including How to Read Nancy: The Elements of Comics in Three Easy Panels, and a memoir called The Ride Together: A Memoir of Autism in the Family. He has also edited comics collections such as Turn Loose Our Death Rays and Kill Them All!: The Complete Works of Fletcher Hanks. His latest project was the graphic adaptation of Paul Auster’s New York Trilogy novels.
Paul’s work has appeared in The New Yorker, The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Nation, The Boston Globe, and the Vineyard Gazette.
Mick Stevens’ work has appeared in The New Yorker since 1979, as well as in numerous other publications over the past 35 years, including various The New Yorker periodical and annual collections. His cartoon illustrations have also appeared in books by other authors, including The Lobster Theory, a music education book by renowned saxophonist and teacher Greg Fishman, and more recently Oodles of Rubles by author and fellow Vineyard resident Ivan Cox.
Mick now lives on the Island, where he continues to draw cartoons for The New Yorker and other publications, occasionally taking time to play tenor saxophone for the insects that live in his basement.
PRESENTED BY CIRCUIT ARTS AND PRODUCED BY THE MARTHA’S VINEYARD FILM FESTIVAL
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