Who doesn’t like a good King Kong cover. Every so often Ink Spill posts covers proposed to The New Yorker but not accepted. I’m grateful to Bob Eckstein for providing his “Kong vrs Amazon” cover. ______________________________________________________________________ Opening tonight! Editor, Author and Cartoonist, John Donohue has launched All the Restaurants in New York(where you can see his
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Being Eustace Tilley; Roger Angell Remembers James Stevenson; Oscar Time! Liza Donnelly Back on the Red Carpet Live Drawing the Oscars, Drooker’s Oscar Cover, Eckstein’s Oscar Wielding Eustace
Eustace Tilley is of course a fictional character — commonly referred to as The New Yorker‘s mascot. There is a suggested backstory to Tilley himself in Lee Lorenz’s Art of The New Yorker: 1925-1995; there are best guesses elsewhere as to why Rea Irvin (see below) decided to submit the cover to Harold Ross to adorn Ross’s inaugural
Read moreCartoonists Gather for The New Yorker’s Holiday Party
Once or twice a year New Yorker cartoonists gather to do something other than show their work. Yesterday was one of those days — the annual holiday party (which includes all of the editorial staff, not just the artists). In years past the party has been mostly out-of house; this year
Read moreQ&A of Interest: Bob Eckstein
From Book Culture, this Q&A with New York Times bestselling author, Bob Eckstein. Mr. Eckstein will be at Book Culture on December 6th signing and speaking about his new book, Footnotes From the World’s Greatest Bookstores. Link here to Bob Eckstein’s website. Below, an Eckstein New Yorker cartoon:
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