The past three months we’ve lost three giants in the New Yorker Cartoonists constellation: William Hamilton in April, Frank Modell in May and Anatol Kovarsky in June. Together they contributed just over 2,600 pieces (including covers) to the magazine, but of course it is immeasurable what they really gave in hours,
Read moreMonth: June 2016
Kovarsky’s Last Drawing
Three years ago, I wrote a piece about the great New Yorker artist Anatol Kovarsky, and titled the piece “Still Drawing After All These Years” (a version of the piece later appeared on the New Yorker’s website). Had I updated the piece last month I could’ve easily revived that same title. You see, Kovarsky, at 97 was still drawing.
Read morePeter Steiner: The Ink Spill Interview
I first met Peter Steiner in 1984 at an impromptu party thrown the night of The New Yorker’s annual anniversary bash (at the Pierre on the corner of 5th Avenue at 59th Street). Following the festivities in the hotel’s grand ballroom, a bunch of cartoonists made their way west to the other side of Central Park to a much smaller
Read moreA Peter Kuper Retrospective
Outside the Box, a retrospective exhibit of Peter Kuper‘s work will be shown at Scott Eder Gallery in Dumbo from June 16th – August 19th. All the details here (look at the events listings upper left on the gallery site). [Above: Mr. Kuper’s drawing in the March 21, 2016 New Yorker]
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