Swann’s upcoming auction on January 22nd is chock full of New Yorker cartoons, with work by a number of the magazine’s giants. Cartoons on the block by Steinberg, Mischa Richter, Barbara Shermund, William Steig, Richard Taylor, Edward Sorel, Victoria Roberts, Charles Addams, Helen Hokinson, Rea Irvin, and Peter Arno. Below: a beautiful early Steig included in the auction. Link here
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New Yorker Cartoonists Draw Frogs, a Crocodile and a Dog — But Mostly Frogs
Our good friend over at Attempted Bloggery shows us what happens when you ask a bunch of cartoonists at a book event to draw frogs (sometimes you get a crocodile — sometimes you get a dog).
Read moreEdward Sorel a Society of Illustrators Hall of Fame Inductee; Mankoff in the Hamptons; Chast on Rose w/ David Remnick
The great illustrator, Edward Sorel is a Society of Illustrators Hall of Fame inductee. Read about it here on the SOI site. And… It’s an unusual year, with three New York Times best selling New Yorker cartoonist books out there: Mimi Pond’s graphic memoir, Roz Chast’s graphic memoir and Bob Mankoff’s memoir. Bob
Read moreHappy Birthday, Mr. Arno
The late great New Yorker artist, Peter Arno was born 110 years ago today at home in Morningside Heights, New York. As many regular visitors to Ink Spill know, I began a biography of Mr. Arno back in 1999. Someday, a publisher willing, Mad At Something: The Life and Times of Peter
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