A Great Cartoon…By Charles E. Martin (CEM) Three bound volumes of The New Yorker arrived here yesterday — all from the 1950s. It’s just a coincidence that one of them includes the below drawing by Charles E. Martin (he usually signed his work, both cartoons and covers, “CEM”). It’s one of my all-time favorite New Yorker drawings. If you own
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Swann Catalog Posted Swann Galleries December Illustration catalog is now posted. You can look through here. The auction will take place on December 16th, but in the meantime, have fun looking at the work offered (I did). Among the originals this time round are works by Charles Addams, Lee Lorenz, Helen Hokinson, Warren Miller, Michael ffolkes, CEM (Charles E. Martin),
Read moreGee whiz, it seems like the Olympics happened months ago, but last Monday’s Daily Cartoon by Pia Guerra reminds us that the torch was extinguished just a week ago. After the torch cartoon it seemed* to be all politics on the Daily, with work by Ellis Rosen, Julia Suits, Brendan Loper, and Peter Kuper. *Ms. Suits’ drawing might be construed
Read moreThe Monday Tilley Watch is a meandering take on the cartoons in the current issue of The New Yorker. I’ve spent a little time this morning looking through New Yorker Thanksgiving covers over the years. My all-time favorite — it’s the only cover I ever detached from the magazine (for shame!) so I could hang it on the wall —
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