How lucky we are that someone has been reading every issue of The New Yorker since its inaugural issue, highlighting and exploring certain aspects of each issue along the way.* I may have mentioned A New Yorker State of Mind some time ago, but it’s time to mention it again. It’s a delight. See it here.
*Attempted Bloggery was on a similar track awhile back. Fun and fascinating reading.
(Above: A cover by Ilonka Karasz. More here on Ms. Karasz)
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From The Berkshire Eagle, December 9, 2016, “A Conversation with Matt Tannenbaum” — this piece includes references to Bob Eckstein who will speak about his new book, Footnotes From the World’s Greatest Bookstores at Mr. Tannenbaum’s bookstore this coming Thursday.
Link here to Bob Eckstein’s website.
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From the bookseller, Between The Covers, this offering of 66 Otto Soglow New Yorker spot drawings. Price: $25,000. That’s only about $380.00 per drawing. A steal! See the listing here.
(A bonus: Tom Bloom’s illustrations appear throughout the bookseller’s site).
Mr. Soglow’s entry on Ink Spill‘s New Yorker Cartoonists A-Z:
Otto Soglow (pictured above) Born, Yorkville, NY, December 23, 1900. Died in NYC, April 1975. NYer work: 1925 -1974.Key collections: Pretty Pictures ( Farrar & Rinehart, 1931) and for fans of Soglow’s Little King; The Little King (Farrar & Rinehart, 1933) and The Little King ( John Martin’s House, Inc., 1945). The latter Little King is an illustrated storybook. Cartoon Monarch / Otto Soglow & The Little King (IDW, 2012) is an excellent compendium.