Exciting news, particularly for those who love James Thurber’s original art: Christie’s has put up three lots of Thurber drawings (one lot includes books with drawings). Altogether there are 26 pieces up for grabs. Lot 423: 8 drawings, some of them were published in The New Yorker, including this classic drawing from the issue of November 28, 1936: Lot 424:
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— This piece was originally posted in December of 2013. It has been updated and expanded. When I moved to Manhattan in the fall of 1976, just out of college, I was on a mission to be published by The New Yorker. Little did I know, when I rented an apartment at 113 West
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Thurber’s Favorite Thurber Book (And E.B. White’s Favorite Thurber Book) — This account derived from Burton Bernstein’s Thurber: A Biography, and Harrison Kinney’s James Thurber: His Life and Hard Times, and Edwin Bowden’s James Thurber: A Bibliography It was September of 1939; Germany had invaded Poland the first day of the month. Thurber and his wife, Helen, were
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Chris Weyant On The Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast The 50th New Yorker Caption Contest Podcast has been posted with Chris Weyant as the guest. Paul Nesja, Beth Lawler, and Vin Coca are the hosts. Hear it here. Chris Weyant began contributing to The New Yorker in 1998. Visit his website here. –Clockwise from top left: Paul Nesja, Beth Lawler, Chris
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