Not too many weeks ago I mentioned here that a long lost video of my conversation with the late great New Yorker art/cartoon editor, and New Yorker cartoonist, Lee Lorenz had been discovered. I’ve finally managed, with help from a tech-savvy family member, to share it. The conversation, which took place June 21, 2014, was part of The Westport (Connecticut)
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A good number of original drawings from the Lee Lorenz estate are among the numerous offerings in the upcoming Swann Illustration auction. Mr. Lorenz was The New Yorker‘s art editor from 1973 – 1993, and cartoon editor from 1993 through 1997). Here are just a few of the offerings: A George Booth proposed cover from 1976… This drawing from Robert
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Victor Varnado, who began contributing to The New Yorker in July of 2019, joins the always fun Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast crowd (above, clockwise from the top left: co-host, Beth Lawler, co-host, Paul Nesja, co-host, Nicole Chrolavicius, Mr. Varnado. It’s episode 203 for those keeping track… listen here! ___________________________________________________________________ Fave Photo Of The Week…Peter Kuper Here, courtesy of Attempted Bloggery‘s
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“Someone once asked Marc Connelly how you can tell a Thurber man from a Thurber woman, and he said the Thurber women have what appears to be hair on their head.” — James Thurber speaking to Alistair Cooke in 1956. Well here, in this 1935 Theatre Guild ad, is a fairly good comparison of a Thurber man and Thurber woman.
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