It’s a rare breed now, but once upon a time New Yorker cartoonists who contributed covers to the magazine were the norm. Rea Irvin, who everyone associates with the magazine’s mascot, Eustace Tilley, was the first cross-over New Yorker cover artist/cartoonist. Inotherwords, he did both covers and cartoons. Al Frueh was the first to accomplish both: his was the magazine’s
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Recently while browsing through the Index of The Complete Book of Covers From The New Yorker 1925 -1989 my eye caught the following listing: Jimmie-the-Ink; see Daugherty, James As far as I know, James Daugherty is only one of two cartoonists whose cartoons have been published in The New Yorker using a “handle.” ( the other is the Illustrator and
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In December of last year Liza Donnelly was invited to speak at the first TEDWomen conference ( it was held in Washington, D.C.). A video of her talk was posted today. See it here.
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From a New School (NYC) blog, “Comic Evolution: Exhibit Illustrates Cartooning’s Legacy” Check this out ( Steinberg content)
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I’m betting that a good number of The New Yorker’s readers (you know, those folks who go to the cartoons before looking at anything else in the magazine) have noticed something colorful going on with the cartoons. Four out of the first five issues of the new year have a color cartoon (the cartoons in the issue of January 24th
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