On this day, the 21st of February, the date on the very first issue of The New Yorker, I thought it would be fun to line up each anniversary issue celebrating another ten years that followed that first number. Rea Irvin’s Eustace Tilley cover was gilded in 1995, and sat out the 2005, and 2015 anniversary covers, but thankfully returned
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“Thurber is The New Yorker‘s most important writer.” So said Dwight Macdonald in the Partisan Review way way back in 1937. Whether you agree or not, it’s an interesting declaration. What’s more interesting, is what else Mr. Macdonald had to say about Thurber: “In general, his treatment of the classic New Yorker comic theme (which he, more than anyone else,
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No Piano Is An Island, Sometimes I noticed the below scene early this morning. It made me appreciate our old player piano for the role it plays as a staging ground for various New Yorker things (books, art) that have yet to find their proper place around the house. All of those bound New Yorkers need a better place (they’re
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Celebrating The New Yorker’s Centennial Jason Chatfield’s Aged Eustace From Jason Chatfield, who began contributing to The New Yorker in 2017, “3 Covers To Celebrate The 100th Birthday Of Eustace Tilley” — Mr. Chatfield fast forwards Eustace, age-wise. –Left:
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