From Artfixdaily.com, March 7, 2012, “Gil Elvgren dominates $3+ million Heritage Auctions illustration Art Event in Beverly Hills” (Chas Addams content about midway down: Addams’ Sad Movie original set a world record for an Addams’ original, selling for $40,625. You’ll also find a link to the Heritage Auction listing). From Melville House Books, March 7, 2012, “Leigh Stein &
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Ward Sutton’s Davy Jones Tribute; Jack Ziegler’s First OK; Panel discussion with Flake, Dernavich and Katz
From Spin, “Ward Sutton’s Most Memorable Encounter With The Monkees’ Davy Jones” From newyorker.com, two items of interest: Bob Mankoff continues his series of My First OK. Last week it was Mick Stevens, this week it’s Jack Ziegler’s turn with the post “The Journey of a Thousand Cartoons”. And, on March 5th, The New Yorker’s Editor, David Remnick
Read moreComing this Fall: The Big New Yorker Book of Dogs; Lorenz book jacket illustration from the late 60s
From Random House this November 13th, The Big New Yorker Book of Dogs. Scant information on this, other than that it will be 304 pages, and hardcover. No cover posted as yet. From the I Didn’t Realize I Had This Til Yesterday Dept.: while shifting books around I came across this 1968 Douglass Wallop novel (Wallop is perhaps
Read moreThe New Yorker’s Art Meeting: A Potted History
It’s tempting to believe that the structure of The New Yorker’s Art Department arrived fully formed in 1924 when Harold Ross, with his wife Jane Grant began pulling together his dream magazine. But of course, such was not the case. What we know for certain is that once the first issue was out, Ross and several of
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