A couple of months ago while at The New Yorker’s offices at One World Trade Center, cartoonist Liza Donnelly took this photo of a Peter Arno New Yorker cover hanging in a hallway. There are more Arnos hanging around the magazine’s new digs, but this particular spot is my favorite as there’s also
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Book of Interest: Edward Sorel’s “Mary Astor’s Purple Diary: The Great American Sex Scandal of 1936”
Coming in early October, Edward Sorel‘s latest: Mary Astor’s Purple Diary: The Great American Sex Scandal of 1936 (Liveright). From the publisher: In a hilarious send-up of sex, scandal, and the Golden Age of Hollywood, legendary cartoonist Edward Sorel brings us a story (literally) ripped from the headlines of a bygone era. Link here to Mr. Sorel’s New Yorker work.
Read moreNew Yorker’s Remnick on the Radio
Coming in just a few days (the 25th of October): The New Yorker Radio Hour. Read all about it here (and yes, there’ll be some cartoon/cartoonists content) ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ …From the What’re the Odds Department: In this week’s New Yorker (the issue of October 26th): two drawings based on lamp pull-cords (the drawings are by Tom Toro
Read moreCharles Saxon’s work included in Columbia Exhibit
From Columbia’s promotional material: “Comics at Columbia: Past, Present, Future” presents art, manuscripts, and ephemera from Columbia’s Rare Book & Manuscript Library, including items associated with the university’s history, as well as art from Mad artist Al Jaffee, Elfquest artist Wendy Pini, and New Yorker cartoonist Charles Saxon; drafts and notes from X-Men writer Chris Claremont and Legion of Super Heroes writer Paul Levitz, and correspondence from mainstream and indie comics
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