I’ve always thought of John Updike as a sort of honorary New Yorker cartoonist. He was Thurber inspired early on in life (and mass media cartoons inspired as well). By the time he went to Harvard he aspired to become a New Yorker cartoonist. As he said in a PBS documentary: “I got into The New Yorker. I didn’t become James Thurber,
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Slideshow Of Interest: “Cartoon Highlights 1976-1985” The New Yorker has been celebrating its 100th birthday this year with decade-by-decade slideshows of “Cartoon Highlights.” Link here to see the latest (1976-1985). This one begins with a 1982 cartoon by Liza Donnelly (her first cartoon sold to The New Yorker, but it ran after the second one bought was published. Go figure).
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_______________________________________________________________________ Tidbit Of Interest From Graydon Carter’s Memoir Roving through my newly acquired copy of Graydon Carter‘s (fun!) memoir: When The Going Was Good: An Editor’s Adventures During The Last Golden Age Of Magazines (Penguin Press), I came upon this fascinating passage that took place during Mr. Carter’s editorship at Vanity Fair. Here he describes a conversation with Si Newhouse:
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Cover Release: Hilary Campbell’s “The Joy Of Snacking: A Graphic Memoir About Food, Love & Family Here’s the cover of Hilary Campbell’s next book, out this October (published by Andrews McMeel). Ms. Campbell began contributing to The New Yorker in 2017. Visit her website here. _______________________________________________________________________ Michael Litwak Guests On The Latest Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast Mr. Litwak, a cartoonist
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