Ink Spill’s good friend over at Attempted Bloggery has an interesting post examining a preliminary cover sketch by Charles Saxon and comparing it to the published cover. Look for yourself.
Below: Ink Spill’s New Yorker Cartoonists A-Z entry for Mr. Saxon:
Charles Saxon (self portrait above from Best Cartoons of the Year 1947) Born in Brooklyn, Nov 13, 1920, died in Stamford, Conn., Dec 6, 1988. NYer work: 1943 – 1991 (2 drawings published posthumously). Key collection: One Man’s Fancy ( Dodd, Mead, 1977).