A New Yorker Slideshow Of Cartoons, 1946-1955 An enjoyable tour of a variety of post-war cartoons. “Cartoon Highlights: 1946-1955” including this beaut from the great Anatol Kovarsky. ________________________________________________________________ Now That’s A Cover! Here’s a joyful early cover from H.O. Hofman, who contributed thirteen covers, three cartoons, and an unknown (to me) number of spot drawings to The New Yorker from
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It’s Just A Coffee Mug…Right? Yesterday I came across a New Yorker ad for a coffee mug. This is the ad: Funny (to me) that it’s called the “Irvin Edition.” Funny because the work you see on the mug was not drawn by Rea Irvin. It is a redrawn version of Rea Irvin’s iconic design, facilitated in 2017 by a
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Here’s to you, New York Public Library, in honor of and thanks for your current exhibit celebrating The New Yorker‘s 100th anniversary, A Century of The New Yorker. Below are some of the magazine’s earliest drawings featuring the New York Public Library lions, Patience and Fortitude . Above: a spectacular Barbara Shermund spot drawing from the issue of February 2,
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The 2025 Thurber Prize For American Humor In Cartoon Art Goes to Paul Noth Thurber House announced this morning that the winner of the 2025 Thurber Prize For American Humor In Cartoon Art goes to Paul Noth, who has been contributing to The New Yorker since 2004. The Spill congratulates Mr. Noth! The below
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