Arno covers the writer Donald Ogden Stewart’s 1929 “Comedy of Father & Son” Father William. Although the inner front flap copy reads: “Peter Arno, well known to readers of The New Yorker, adds still further to the gayety of the book by his inimitable illustrations” none of the illustrations within are by Arno. The drawings are actually by Eldon Kelley,
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The New Yorker’s First Nipples
If you’ve watched the latest Cartoon Lounge video, “Nakedity and Nudedness” you’ll note there’s some particular attention paid not just to nudity but to nipples. Although we tend to think of The New Yorker as generally shying away from both, it’s interesting to note that the magazine took no time at all diving into nudity and nipples. Both appeared in
Read moreAn Ink Spill Library Addition
Donald Ogden Stewart. Father William. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1929. Here’s a book that was on my want list for some time (due to the cover by Peter Arno). It’s finally
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From Project Muse, “The Missing Signifier: Re-presenting Radio Broadcasting in New Yorker Cartoons, 1925 -45″
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