Police-related cartoons have long been a New Yorker staple. The very first one, by Gardner Rea, appeared in the very first issue, and the magazine’s second cover, by Al Frueh, featured two policemen riding on a tiny car.
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Wall-to-Wall Cartoonists at David Remnick’s Hello Goodbye Party
The New Yorker‘s editor, David Remnick threw a Hello Goodbye party last night (Hello, Emma Allen, the magazine’s new cartoon editor; Goodbye, Bob Mankoff, the former cartoon editor). It was, by far, the largest gathering of New Yorker cartoonists since 1997, when forty-one gathered for an Arnold Newman group photo (it appeared in the magazine’s first cartoon issue, December 15,
Read moreThe “…other cartoonists for The New Yorker…”
A recent New York Times article, “The Making of Virtually Real Art with Google’s Tilt Brush” (January 4, 2016) named just two of the New Yorker cartoonists who joined Bob Mankoff and Roz Chast in exploring, what the Times described as Google’s “virtual reality setup that allows people to paint with light….” In the article we are told that “Bob
Read moreFave Photo of the Week: Partying New Yorker Cartoonists
The New Yorker‘s cartoon assistant, Colin Stokes took this wonderful photo at the magazine’s holiday party, Wednesday, December 14th of this year. Shown in the photo, left to right standing: Ben Schwartz, Harry Bliss, Joe Dator, Emily Flake, Amy Hwang, and Drew Dernavich. Kneeling, Corey Pandolph. (photo courtesy of Colin Stokes) Visit the New Yorker’s Cartoon Bank to see work
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