George Booth: Model
The cartoonist , Mike Lynch has recently turned up an issue of Leatherneck (October, 1951) with George Booth on the cover. Sarah Booth has confirmed that is indeed her father having his helmet painted, telling the Spill, “I’d know that look of mischief anywhere!”
According to Lee Lorenz’s The Essential George Booth (Workman, 1998), Mr. Booth, who had enlisted as a Marine in 1944, re-inlisted and joined the Leatherneck staff in 1946, contributing cartoons, spots, spreads, and covers. In a 1998, he told The New Yorker’s David Owen (for a Booth Profile) that Leatherneck was “a global magazine, and a very good one. It was slick. It gave me my start, and I got to work with some top professionals. It was really better than any school I could have gone to, and I learned a lot.”
Above: Booth on the cover, and below, a Booth cover
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Michael Crawford’s Maps
From newyorker.com’s Culture Desk, July 4, 2017, “Michael Crawford’s Mixed-Up U.S.A.” —
Matt Dellinger, the late Mr. Crawford’s friend, introduces us to a slide show of unusual maps.
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Roz Chast’s National Book Festival Poster
From finebooksmagazine.com, July 6, 2017, “Cartoonist Roz Chast Designs National Book Festival Poster”
Ms. Chast, in a press release:
“I wanted to make a poster that expressed the excitement, appreciation, and delight I have for the books of my life.”
Here’s the info from the Oct 1951 issue of Leatherneck with George Booth depicted on the cover:
“Curious South Koreans are snowed by Marine Camouflage techniques as a helmet cover gets that autumn look. Painting by Sergeant Phil Coyle, Leatherneck Staff Artist”.