A New Yorker Slideshow Of Cartoons, 1946-1955 An enjoyable tour of a variety of post-war cartoons. “Cartoon Highlights: 1946-1955” including this beaut from the great Anatol Kovarsky. ________________________________________________________________ Now That’s A Cover! Here’s a joyful early cover from H.O. Hofman, who contributed thirteen covers, three cartoons, and an unknown (to me) number of spot drawings to The New Yorker from
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Here’s to you, New York Public Library, in honor of and thanks for your current exhibit celebrating The New Yorker‘s 100th anniversary, A Century of The New Yorker. Below are some of the magazine’s earliest drawings featuring the New York Public Library lions, Patience and Fortitude . Above: a spectacular Barbara Shermund spot drawing from the issue of February 2,
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The 2025 Thurber Prize For American Humor In Cartoon Art Goes to Paul Noth Thurber House announced this morning that the winner of the 2025 Thurber Prize For American Humor In Cartoon Art goes to Paul Noth, who has been contributing to The New Yorker since 2004. The Spill congratulates Mr. Noth! The below
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When we think about The New Yorker’s early years and its marquee personalities, John Mosher’s name doesn’t come up very often, if at all. And yet, he was the person who, in Katharine White’s words, “discovered” James Thurber. Mosher’s work at The New Yorker included reading unsolicited manuscripts (he was also the magazine’s first regularly assigned film critic). It was
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