By the late 1940s, Harold Ross, The New Yorker’s legendary founder and first editor, had assembled either by happy accident or design (depending on which version of the magazine’s history you want to believe) a stable of magazine cartoonists unrivaled in American publishing. Some have called that era of the magazine’s cartoons its Golden Age. The guiding forces of the
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Portland Group Show of New Yorker Cartoonists; Karasik Speaks; Spiegelman Shows
Well this looks like fun. Go see if you’re out/up that way. Visit Shannon Wheeler’s website for more info. And even more info here And… As mentioned not too long ago on Ink Spill, Paul Karasik will be speaking at
Read moreAstaire Cartoonists vrs Kelly Cartoonists
Someone once said that the greatest difference between Fred Astaire’s dancing and Gene Kelly’s dancing is that you could see Gene Kelly’s sweat. Pauline Kael, writing in The New Yorker in 1972 said, “Kelly isn’t a winged dancer; he’s a hoofer and more earthbound” which she compared to “Astaire’s grasshopper lightness.” Here are some
Read moreFavorite Photo of the Day: New Yorker Cartoonists at The Society of Illustrators
From Stephen Nadler, who runs the fun & informative Attempted Bloggery the above group photograph taken at last night’s opening of The Collection of Michael Maslin & Liza Donnelly at The Society of Illustrators. Back row, left to right: Ben Schwartz, Liam Walsh, P.C.Vey, Robert Leighton, Christopher Weyant, Roxi Munro,
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