Late yesterday afternoon two New Yorker cartoonists (oh, all right, it was my wife, Liza Donnelly & I) were walking across the street from The Plaza Hotel, when I realized we were near the statue of Pomona (the goddess of abundance) that stands atop the Pulitzer Fountain on The Grand Army Plaza. I wanted a closer look at Pomona because
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Van Doren’s Ross & Thurber Films Released
Two Adam Van Doren films: James Thurber: The Life and Hard Times and Top Hat & Tales: Harold Ross and the Making of The New Yorker will be available on iTunes as well as on dvd, June 17. Here’s a piece about the films from filmfestivals.com. And here’s the First Run Features website where you can learn more about ordering.
Read moreBook of Interest: E.B. White on Dogs
There are a number of New Yorker alum who had much to do with the magazine’s art, but are not generally thought of as New Yorker artists. E.B. White is perhaps the most famous of the lot, although he did venture big time into the magazine’s art department with the publication of his one and only cover (below) published April
Read moreThe New Yorker’s New York…An Ink Spill Map
What better way to begin to close out the year here at Ink Spill than with a map of Manhattan highlighting some of the people and places most associated with The New Yorker. I’ve stayed away from current contributors & editors for privacy reasons – that updated map
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