Above: “And now you must meet my bosom friend.” (rough version of the drawing published in The New Yorker, October 10, 1931) An Arno on My Desk Not too long ago I took an original Peter Arno drawing we own, popped it out of its frame, and placed it on my desk. My thinking was that the drawing,
Read moreMonth: January 2012
Celebrating Charles Addams on the eve of his 100th birthday
From The Telegraph, January 6, 2012, “Charles Addams: Master of black humour”
Read moreRonald Searle: 1922 -2011
From uk.reuters, January 3, 2012, “St. Trinian’s creator Searle dies aged 91” Searle’s work appeared close to 100 times since he first began contributing to The New Yorker in 1966. His covers, which usually included a burst or bursts of color, often had a cat as the subject, but there were also variations on aged flower children/artists, and the occasional
Read moreWhy John Updike Became a Writer
While thumbing through Conversations with John Updike (Edited by James Plath, University Press of Mississippi, 1994) I came upon an interview conducted by Christopher Lydon on “the Ten O’Clock News,” WGBH -TV Boston December 21, 1989. Updike’s speaking of his trio of illustrations that accompanied his September 5, 1985 New Yorker piece “At War With My Skin” and then says:
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