The Wall Street Journal Rewrites A Pat Byrnes Cartoon Caption Long time New Yorker cartoonist Pat Byrnes (he began contributing in 1998) posted the following on Facebook this afternoon: Last Friday, the Wall Street Journal ran the cartoon below on the right. On the left is the original caption. They bought it in November, 2017. I wrote it months before
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The Monday Tilley Watch, The New Yorker Issue Of March 16, 2020
The Cover: Talk about yer timely cover: you might think that the cover on the left, by I. G. Haupt, is this week’s New Yorker cover, but it’s not. It appeared August 31, 1929*, not too long before “Black Monday”; the cover on the right appears this week on the magazine — “The Spring & Style” Issue. I’m reminded of
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___________________________________________________________________________________ So often when I go on a hunt for something in the Spill‘s archives I come upon some other thing that takes me off onto another track. Today for instance, while poking around piles of boxes, I came across the box you see above. Many years ago I filled the box with issues of The New Yorker bearing Steinberg
Read moreSome John Held, Jr.; Today’s Daily Cartoonist & Cartoon; A New Yorker State Of Mind
From The Art Contrarian, February 20, 2020, “John Held, Jr.’s Woodcut Style” — a quick look at a few of Mr. Held’s unique New Yorker contributions. John Held Jr.’s entry on the Spill‘s A-Z: John Held Jr (Photo from Sketchbook of American Humorists, 1938) Born, January 10, 1889, Salt Lake City, Utah. Died, 1958, Belmar, New Jersey. New Yorker work:
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