Above: “And now you must meet my bosom friend.” (rough version of the drawing published in The New Yorker, October 10, 1931) An Arno on My Desk Not too long ago I took an original Peter Arno drawing we own, popped it out of its frame, and placed it on my desk. My thinking was that the drawing,
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Celebrating Charles Addams on the eve of his 100th birthday
From The Telegraph, January 6, 2012, “Charles Addams: Master of black humour”
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From Strand Books this notice of a group appearance of cartoonists whose work appears in the Best of The Rejection Collection. Matthew Diffee, Christopher Weyant, Barbara Smaller and Marisa Acocella Marchetto, among many others, are slated to appear. (Event at Strand Books, 12th St. & Broadway, NYC, January 12, 2012, 7pm- 8pm.)
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One of my favorite events of the year is The New Yorker’s Holiday Party. Long long ago when I began contributing to the magazine the cartoonists had their own bash, an informal affair held in the waiting area just outside the Art Editor’s office (the Art Editor then was Lee Lorenz, and the magazine was located at 25 West
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