It’s a funny thing: in all these years of mentioning Thurber’s classic “What have you done with Dr. Millmoss?” as a life-changer when I was about 16 (most recently in last night’s Norman Rockwell live stream) I’ve always failed to mention that my first encounter with Thurber was several years earlier, when my 10th grade English class was instructed to
Read moreThe Cover Artist: Kadir Nelson returns just two weeks after his stunning cover of June 22nd. The Cartoonists: The Cartoons: A double issue with eighteen cartoons by eighteen cartoonists (with two duo efforts: Bliss & Martin, Guerra & Boothby). There’s also a Sketchpad drawing from J.A.K., and a newbie in the midst: Patrick McKelvie. Mr. McKelvie is the tenth new
Read moreAgain with an early release cover! Link here to see what the cover artist, Barry Blitt, had to say about his latest effort (shown above, right). The cartoons: Fourteen cartoons in this first issue of September: seven by women, seven by men. No more mentions here of gender balance/imbalance unless/until there’s an all female cartoonists issue (or an all male
Read moreAs anyone who follows cartoon art knows, nearly everything and anything is fair game, including other cartoons. The famous Carl Rose “spinach” cartoon from the December 8, 1928 New Yorker (shown above) that was yesterday’s subject here (well, more precisely, its caption origin was the subject) spawned a number of later cartoons. Danny Shanahan gets the credit for causing me
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