“The New Yorker At 100” Debuts On Netflix As of today, The New Yorker At 100 is available for home viewing. I’ve watched it through twice this morning and have a number of thoughts; I’m going to let them brew for a bit (and perhaps watch the film once more) before writing at any length about it. In the meantime,
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From 1953, this animated version of James Thurber’s “The Unicorn In The Garden” “The Unicorn In The Garden” was originally published in The New Yorker, October 21, 1939 (“Fables For Our Time – VII”). It was first collected in a book, James Thurber’s Fables For Our Time, in 1940. _____________________________________________________________________ Thurber’s A-Z Entry: James Thurber Born, Columbus, Ohio, December
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Auction Watch: Cartoons By Whitney Darrow, Jr., Gahan Wilson, Barney Tobey, and More Mike Lynch reports that Heritage Auctions has a number of original pieces of cartoon art going under the gavel. The offering includes New Yorker artists Whitney Darrow, Jr., Eldon Dedini, Larry Reynolds, Gahan Wilson, and Barney Tobey. See the pieces here. _______________________________________________________________ Now That’s A Cover! Here’s
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Talk Of Interest: Liza Donnelly At The New York Public Library Liza Donnelly, who began contributing to The New Yorker in 1979, will be speaking at The New York Public Library, December 18th. According to the NYPL’s website, Ms. Donnelly will discuss “…the research that shaped her work on the women cartoonists who helped shape The New Yorker.” Info here
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