Comic Book Heaven

If I had to pinpoint what fueled my childhood addiction to comics and cartoons, much of the credit would go to the ready supply of comic books available from the local used book store run by a portly old guy named Victor. Half a century ago, the empty store  in the photo above was, for me, comic book heaven. Victor,

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New Yorker Cartoonists: Photographs by Anne Hall Elser

Take a look at these great photographs of New Yorker cartoonists taken by Anne Hall Elser,  a long time editorial staff member of the magazine.  The gallery of photos includes Charles Addams, Edward Koren, Arnie Levin, William Steig, P.C. Vey, Roz Chast, James Stevenson, Charles Barsotti, Gahan Wilson, Victoria Roberts, George Price, George Booth, and Ed Arno

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Ross & Tilley

I’m not sure if Harold Ross ever made the cover of any magazine other than this August 1948  issue of The American Mercury (the twelve page in-house New Yorker parody, dated November 6, 1926, with Ross in silhouette as Eustace Tilley, is an exception).  The Mercury’s nine page cover story by Allen Churchill is a quick and fun read.  Dale

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