Harry Bliss and Steve Martin: A Wealth of Pigeons

This is a ticketed event. Each ticket includes one copy of A Wealth of Pigeons and a single-use login for the virtual event. The first 400 customers will receive a signed bookplate from Steve and Harry (one bookplate per customer.)

Join cartoonist and artist Harry Bliss and entertainment industry polymath Steve Martin for the launch of their book A Wealth of Pigeons. The event will take place on Crowdcast.

“I've always looked upon cartooning as comedy’s last frontier. I have done stand-up, sketches, movies, monologues, awards show introductions, sound bites, blurbs, talk show appearances, and tweets, but the idea of a one-panel image with or without a caption mystified me. I felt like, yeah, sometimes I’m funny, but there are these other weird freaks who are actually funny. You can understand that I was deeply suspicious of these people who are actually funny.”

So writes the multitalented comedian Steve Martin in his introduction to A Wealth of Pigeons: A Cartoon Collection. In order to venture into this lauded territory of cartooning, he partnered with the heralded New Yorker cartoonist Harry Bliss. Steve shared caption and cartoon ideas, Harry provided impeccable artwork, and together they created this collection of humorous cartoons and comic strips, with amusing commentary about their collaboration throughout. The result: this gorgeous, funny, singular book, perfect to give as a gift or to buy for yourself.

Harry Bliss is an internationally syndicated cartoonist and cover artist for the New Yorker magazine. His Syndicated comic Bliss appears in newspapers internationally. He has written and illustrated over 20 books for children and is the founder of the Cornish CCS Fellowship for Graphic Novelists in Cornish, New Hampshire. www.harrybliss.com

Steve Martin is one of the most well-known talents in entertainment. His work has earned him and Academy Award, five Grammy awards, an Emmy, the Mark Twain Award, and the Kennedy Center Honors.

As an author, Martin’s work includes the novel An Object of Beauty, the play Picasso at the Lapin Agile, a collection of comic pieces, Pure Drivel, a bestselling novella, Shopgirl, and his memoir Born Standing Up. Martin’s films include The Jerk, Planes, Trains & Automobiles, Roxanne, Parenthood, L.A. Story, Father of the Bride, and Bowfinger.