The Wednesday Spill: Chatfield Celebrates Gerberg’s 90th; Boris Karloff Laughs At The New Yorker; The Daily Cartoonist & Cartoon

Chatfield Celebrates Gerberg’s 90th

Jason Chatfield’s latest “Artist Spotlight” falls upon his fellow cartoonist, Mort Gerberg, who will turn 90 (!) tomorrow, and in a month will celebrate the 56th anniversary of his debut in The New Yorker.

Here’s Mr. Gerberg’s A-Z entry:

Mort Gerberg  Born, March 11, 1931, New York, NY. New Yorker work: April 10, 1965 – . Co-edited, with Ron Wolin & Ed Fisher, The Art in Cartooning: Seventy-Five Years of American Magazine Cartoons (Charles Scribner & Son, 1975). Essential reading… Mort Gerberg On The Scene: A 50-Year Cartoon Chronicle (Fantagraphics, 2019).

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Boris Karloff Laughs At The New Yorker

Here’s a link to a photo that’ll distract you for a few moments: Boris Karloff (he of Frankenstein fame) laughing at The New Yorker. He’s holding the June 21, 1941 issue (Rea Irvin, cover artist).

For the record, your honor, there are no Boris Karloff (or Frankenstein) cartoons in the issue. There was a Talk story about Mr. Karloff in the magazine’s February 1, 1941 issue. Over time there’ve been several dozen Frankenstein cartoons, and at least one cover appearance, courtesy of Edward Sorel. There is of course the Charles Addams character, Lurch, who was, according to Addams’s biographer, Linda Davis, “borrowed from Boris Karloff’s Frankenstein monster…”

For more on Mr. Karloff, here’s the official website.

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Yesterday’s Daily Cartoonist & Cartoon

Jon Adams brings doughnuts to work. Mr. Adams began contributing to The New Yorker in October of 2017.  His latest book, co-edited with Ellis Rosen, Send Help!: A Collection Of Marooned Cartoons, will be out this November.

 

 

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