Of all the duties Wolcott Gibbs attended to during his thirty-one years at The New Yorker (and his duties were many: editor, writer, theater critic), his relationship to the magazine’s cartoonists (or “artists” as the magazine calls them) is probably the least examined. When Gibbs began at The New Yorker, working under Katharine Angell (later, after marrying E.B. White,
Read moreMonth: February 2012
Posted Note: Happy 87th
With The New Yorker’s 87th birthday just around the corner (the very first issue was dated February 21, 1925) I thought it would be fun to muse about the magazine’s present cartoon universe. What New Yorker cartoonists do so well and have done so well over eight decades is knee-jerk to their time. The New Yorker’s hands-off system, begun by
Read moreVideo profile: Edward Sorel
From NY1, February 2012, this must see video: “One On 1 Profile: Award-Winning Cartoonist, Political Satirist Edward Sorel Documents American Culture Through The Covers of Prominent Magazines”
Read moreWeekend Roundup: Chast, Bob Staake, Paul Wood, Thurber, Dorothy McKay, Clowes
From NYC-ARTs: The Complete Guide, “Selected Shorts: Roz Chast Presents ‘What I Hate dfrom A – Z’” at Symphony Space, February 8, 2012. Details here. From Wickedlocal, February 3, 2012, “Profile: Chatham artist Bob Staake” From Sixtynine degrees, February 2012, “Paul Wood exhibition!” From Playbill.com, February 5, 2012, “On the Record: A Thurber Carnival and ‘David Merrick
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