In May of 1935, New Yorker founder and editor, Harold Ross sent a six word memo to Wolcott Gibbs, at one time the artists so-called hand-holder, i.e., the middleman between the cartoonists and the editors: “Best ideas lately come from Maloney.” “Maloney” was Russell Maloney, a Harvard graduate, who peppered the New Yorker with so many
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In Good Company: a look at the cartoons in Al Ross’s New Yorker debut issue
The news that Al Ross passed away last week got me to thinking about his start at The New Yorker, way way back in the issue of November 27, 1937, when he was twenty-five years old. This morning I went to our cabinet full of bound New Yorkers, brought out the volume from late 1937 and began paging through
Read moreMore From the Attic: Our Own Baedeker from The New Yorker
Continuing on from yesterday’s post, pictured above is Our Own Baedeker from The New Yorker (Simon & Schuster, 1947). Carl Rose supplied ten maps and one hundred and eighty illustrations. The written pieces all ran during World War II. Regular visitors to Ink Spill might well ask, “Why these posts of ancient material all of a sudden?” The answer
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The two paperback books above were part of a series produced for our overseas service men and women during WWII. Measuring just five-and-half by four inches, they fit easily into a pocket, duffel bag or backpack. The eagle-eyed observer will notice that Profiles From the New Yorker features E.B. White’s only New Yorker cover (published April 23, 1932).
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