Yet Another Steinberg Take-Off Should Saul Steinberg’s work be remembered in the future decades it will be for his “View Of The World” piece that appeared on the cover of the March 29, 1976 New Yorker. In Deirdre Bair’s biography of Steinberg we learned that Steinberg went from cool (“cool” being an understatement) to warm (“warm” in this case meaning
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A Game (File Under: The New Yorker’s 100th Anniversary Celebration) The New Yorker has introduced something they call “Laugh Lines.” It has to do with placing New Yorker cartoons in the correct period they were published. I’ve said it before (will I ever say it again?) — I’m not a puzzles person (other than solving the daily puzzles that are the
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Article Of Interest: Edward Koren Ohio Exhibit From The Lantern, January 10, 2025, “Billy Ireland Cartoon Library And Museum Honors Edward Koren With Commemorative Exhibition” Edward Koren’s A-Z entry: Edward Koren Born, 1935, New York City. Died, April 14, 2023, Brookfield, Vermont. New Yorker work: May 26, 1962 — . Key collections: Do You Want To Talk About
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Video Of Interest: Bob Eckstein Talks Snowmen Bob Eckstein, New Yorker cartoonist and world’s leading snowman expert, recently appeared on Fox Weather to talk about…,well, you can guess. See it here. Mr. Eckstein began contributing to The New Yorker in 2007. Visit his website here. Mr. Eckstein’s latest book, on the left, and his classic fantastic snowman book, on the
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