Jack Ziegler, recently referred to on this site as the Godfather of Contemporary New Yorker Cartoonists, has been contributing to the magazine since February of 1974. Now in 2016 he is solidly in the K Crowd — meaning he’s published well over a thousand cartoons and one cover in The New Yorker (we’ll get to the cover later). Considering that
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New Yorker Artist Anatol Kovarsky Has Died At Age 97
The sad news arrived here this morning that the great New Yorker artist Anatol Kovarsky died this week. He was 97. In his honor I’m re-posting the piece, in now slightly edited form, about Mr. Kovarsky that I wrote three years ago this month. The above photo, by Liza Donnelly, was taken at Mr. Kovarsky’s upper west side apartment, June,
Read moreNew Yorker Cartoonist Joe Dator Tells Us About “The Cartoons on Peggy Olson’s Wall”
On this momentous Mad Men weekend, it gives me great pleasure to post an Ink Spill exclusive from my New Yorker colleague, Joe Dator. I can’t think of a better cartoon-related way to salute this classic series. My thanks to Joe for bringing this terrific piece to the Spill. [click on the cartoons to enlarge them ] And
Read moreThe New Yorker in Westport Bios, Pt.5; Frank Modell & James Stevenson In Westport
Posted today are Garrett Price, David Preston, and John Norment‘s bios from the Westport Historical Society current exhibit, Cover Story: The New Yorker in Westport. My thanks to the Society for permission to post these wonderful pieces. And… The opening of the Westport show was attended by three of The New Yorker‘s most veteran artists: Dana Fradon, James Stevenson, and
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