From The Telegraph, January 6, 2012, “Charles Addams: Master of black humour”
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Ronald Searle: 1922 -2011
From uk.reuters, January 3, 2012, “St. Trinian’s creator Searle dies aged 91” Searle’s work appeared close to 100 times since he first began contributing to The New Yorker in 1966. His covers, which usually included a burst or bursts of color, often had a cat as the subject, but there were also variations on aged flower children/artists, and the occasional
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While thumbing through Conversations with John Updike (Edited by James Plath, University Press of Mississippi, 1994) I came upon an interview conducted by Christopher Lydon on “the Ten O’Clock News,” WGBH -TV Boston December 21, 1989. Updike’s speaking of his trio of illustrations that accompanied his September 5, 1985 New Yorker piece “At War With My Skin” and then says:
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This post from newyorker.com: From the Desk of Bob Mankoff, December 28, 2011, “Michael Maslin’s Perfect Cartoon” Dear First time Visitors, My apologies for possibly sending you back from whence you came, but as long as you’re here please feel free to look around. If you’d like to read more Ink Spill posts about Thurber click on the Posted Notes
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