The Nib Looks at New Yorker cartoons in 2040 Here’s an amusing piece from The Nib, August 8, 2017, “New Yorker 2040” — too bad the author didn’t try imagining various cartoonists styles 23 years from now instead of just using one vaguely 1950s – early 1960s similar style…or is that what’s in store? Bonus: the zillionth
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P. G. Garetto Added to the Spill’s One Club; Advertising Work by New Yorker Cartoonists, Part 9: Mary Gibson; Latest New Yorker Cartoons Rated; Talkin’ Bout Art Young
I have Joe Dator’s latest New Yorker cartoon to thank for my coming upon the cartoon shown by P. G. Garetto. Found in the issue of September 3, 1938, this was the first and last time (Ms. or Mr.) Garetto’s work appeared in the New Yorker, thus an immediate qualifier for the Spill’s One Club. The club is limited to
Read moreFave Photo of the Day: George Booth at His Desk; The Latest New Yorker Cartoons Rated; BEK Talks about Summertime Television; Ellis Rosen, Emma Allen, and Colin Stokes On a Bench; Advertising Work by New Yorker Cartoonists, Part 5: Helen Hokinson
Fave Photo of the Day: George Booth Sarah Booth recently took this photo of her father, the one-and-only George Booth. My thanks to Sarah for permission to post here. Below left: a “Booth Dog” Here’s Mr. Booth’s entry on the Spill’s A-Z : George Booth (photo above taken in NYC 2016, courtesy of Liza Donnelly) Born June 28, 1926, Cainesville,
Read moreLatest New Yorker Cartoons Rated; A Barbara Shermund Rejected Cover; A Courthouse Opening
Latest New Yorker Cartoons Rated The CC boys are back with their thoughts and idiosyncratic ratings for the cartoons appearing in the latest issue of The New Yorker. In this issue are, among others, cartoons featuring dogs, doctors, tombstones, and fish. Read all about everything here. ____________________________________________________________________ A Barbara Shermund Rejected Cover Attempted Bloggery continues its week-long look at proposed,
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