Among the magazine’s Daily cartoons this week: Kim Warp’s weary winter weather drawing; Brendan Loper’s tweeter-in-chief cartoon; Lars Kenseth’s take on this week’s unusual White House media moment, and Peter Kuper’s Trumpian map of the world. Over on Daily Shouts, these were the contributing New Yorker cartoonists: Ellis Rosen and Liana Finck _______________________________________________________________________ Photos From the Kovarsky Opening at
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Addams Drawing Sells for $31,000; Leighton’s Puzzle Pieces; An Interview with Snowman Expert, and “World’s Greatest Bookstores” Author, Bob Eckstein; An Interview with Jeremy Nguyen
Charles Addams Drawing Sells For $31,000. The wonderful Charles Addams drawing shown above sold for $31, 200.00 at last week’s Swann Galleries auction. Wowzers. Oddly, as befits anything having to do with Mr. Addams, the Swann catalog incorrectly stated the date of publication (Swann says it was published in the January 18, 1947 New Yorker). It was actually published in
Read moreLiniers, the Musician; PR: More Nancy, More Blitt; Bob Eckstein’s Daily News Op-Ed
Liniers, the Musician “The Argentine Cartoonist Who Moonlights As A Rock Nerd” — a piece about Liniers, the fellow responsible for the above 2016 anniversary cover. Read it here. ______________________________________________________________________ More Nancy, More Blitt …From the Vineyard Gazette, “When Brevity Underscores Genius, A Good Laugh Is Around the Corner” — a piece on Karasik & Newgarden’s How To Read Nancy.
Read moreA Rafter of Kovarsky Turkeys; A Favorite Thanksgiving Cartoon Revisited
A Rafter of Kovarsky Turkeys Thanks to the generosity of Anatol Kovarsky’s family, here are a number of the artist’s unpublished sketches (mostly turkeys, plus a few chickens) as well as an unpublished sketch of his Thanksgiving New Yorker cover of November 24, 1962 ( the finished cover art appears as well). Mr. Kovarsky’s work will be celebrated this coming
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