Someone once said that the greatest difference between Fred Astaire’s dancing and Gene Kelly’s dancing is that you could see Gene Kelly’s sweat. Pauline Kael, writing in The New Yorker in 1972 said, “Kelly isn’t a winged dancer; he’s a hoofer and more earthbound” which she compared to “Astaire’s grasshopper lightness.” Here are some
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Michael Shaw: Is Thurber Necessary? Or, Why I Draw the Way I Do
– Michael Shaw has been contributing cartoons to The New Yorker since 1999. He is, other than Charles Barsotti, Danny Shanahan and Liza Donnelly, the most James Thurberiest person I’ve come to know in the ranks of New Yorker cartoonists. Just have a look at his website. Realizing there were two Thurber anniversaries heading our way (November 2,
Read moreSociety of Illustrators Exhibits Work by 45 New Yorker Artists
As promised a few days ago, below is a list of New Yorker artists whose work appears in an upcoming exhibit at The Society of Illustrators. The artists included span the entire history of The New Yorker, beginning with early masters, Helen Hokinson, Peter Arno and Gluyas Williams right up through many of today’s most exciting
Read moreKatz Illustrates; Barsotti & the Big Questions
A Farley Katz Facebook post has alerted us to an upcoming book he has illustrated. The Married Kama Sutra: The World’s Least Erotic Sex Manual, written by Simon Rich, and published by Little, Brown & Company, will arrive on bookstore shelves on October 29th. From the publisher: For centuries, lovers have found inspiration and advice in the ancient
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