When Warren Bernard (of SPX) offered his scanned collection of advertising work by New Yorker cartoonists for use on this site, he included some bonus scans. Among them were non-advertising work by New Yorker contributors that appeared in Esquire. Looking through them the other day, Barnbara Shermund’s covers for Esquire popped out on the screen. Here are the four covers
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Ohio State’s Dedini Exhibit “The Art of Humor”
Happy to note this upcoming exhibit of Eldon Dedini‘s work at Ohio State’s Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum. It runs from February 13 through May 22. Link to the Billy Ireland website. There will be a screening of
Read moreRegan Arts to Publish Maslin Peter Arno Biography, Mad At Something
I’m pleased to announce that Mad At Something, my biography of the late and very great New Yorker cartoonist, Peter Arno will be published by Regan Arts. Arno is one of the pillars of The New Yorker‘s earliest days, a group that includes Harold Ross, E.B. White, Katharine White, and James Thurber. Ross, the magazine’s founder and first
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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