In One Issue Paging through a long ago issue of The New Yorker — the issue of January 21, 1956 to be exact — I was struck by the number of ads using the work of New Yorker cartoonists. There’s Peter Arno for The Pajama Game (the drawing appeared on the cover of Playbill and on the soundtrack album), and
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Sam Gross, Mort Gerberg, and Edward Koren. NYC, Spring, 2017. The Ink Spill Interview: Mort Gerberg This week marks the 56th anniversary of the publication of the first cartoon Mort Gerberg sold to The New Yorker. The cartoon was
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The Tilley Watch Online: An end of week listing of artists contributing to newyorker.com features, January 4 – 8, 2021 The Daily Cartoon: Tim Hamilton, Brendan Loper, David Ostow, Zoe Si, Sofia Warren, Sarah Kempa. Daily Shouts: J.A.K (with Evan Waite), Olivia de Recat (with Julia Edelman), Barry Blitt’s Kvetchbook: “Donald Trump: Fire-Breather” & “Hello, Georgia?” Culture Desk: Emily Flake,
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W.B. Park, 1936-2021 Word has reached the Spill that the New Yorker cartoonist W.B. (William Bryan) Park has passed away. According to his obit on Legacy.com, he died on January 2nd of this new year. Born in Sanford, Florida in 1936, his first New Yorker drawing, bearing his notable scattered signature (above), appeared in the issue of July 13, 1981
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