From The New York Times, October 11, 2013 , “An Extended Addams Family; Ghoulish and Familiar Art at the Southampton Center” (left: book jacket of Addams’ 1947 collection. Introduction by Wolcott Gibbs) And… From Brainpickings, “Drawn to New York: Counterculture Cartoonist Peter Kuper’s Illustrated Chronicle of 34 Years in Gotham”
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Cat Cartoons a-plenty in the Big New Yorker Book of Cats
Coming October 1st from Random House: The Big New Yorker Book of Cats ( you may remember that The Big New Yorker Book of Dogs was published almost exactly a year ago). As you’d expect, the book boasts a huge number of cat themed cartoons and covers. Here’s a list of the cartoonists represented: Charles Addams, Harry Bliss,
Read moreBBC: Bert & Ernie New Yorker Cover & The Power of Cartoons: Bob Mankoff on Favorite Cartoons, Pt.2; Book of Interest: American Cornball
From BBC News Magazine, July 19, 2013, “A Point of View: Bert, Ernie and the power of cartoons” And… From New Yorker Cartoon Editor, Bob Mankoff’s newyorker.com blog, here’s part 2 of his look into favorite cartoons. This time Mr. Mankoff begins to roll
Read morePeter Steiner on the 20th Anniversary of “On The Internet, Nobody Knows You’re A Dog.”
Peter Steiner On The 20th Anniversary Of “On The Internet, Nobody Knows You’re A Dog” On this day twenty years ago, Peter Steiner’s “On the Internet, nobody knows you’re a dog” was published in The New Yorker. The cartoon went on to become the most reprinted New Yorker cartoon in modern times, and according to The New Yorker’s Cartoon
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