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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Audio: Gil Roth Interviews R.O. Blechman; Mike Lynch Looks Back at Esquire’s Cartoons; A Playboy Cartoon
Gil Roth continues his remarkable string of cartoonist/illustrator interviews — this week he speaks with the great R. O. Blechman. One of my all-time favorite Blechman New Yorker covers (and one of my favorite all-time New Yorker covers, period) is shown to the left. (photo credit: Gil Roth) Listen to the podcast here. Link here to Mr. Blechman’s website ____________________________________________________________________________
Read moreBob Mankoff’s Third Act; An Update: Mankoff Puts the Kibosh on an Esquire Look Day
On his 73rd birthday, Bob Mankoff, newly un-hitched from his duties as cartoon editor of the New Yorker, let the word go forth he was immediately beginning a new job as cartoon editor (and humor editor) of the 83 year old men’s magazine, Esquire. Pre-dating Playboy, Esquire was once one of the major markets in this country for cartoons embracing
Read moreMaking a Splash at Esquire
I found something I was looking for the other day: a log of cartoons I kept in my nascent years of cartooning. Looking through I realized that the only drawings I sold in the Fall of 1977 — right after breaking into The New Yorker — were to Esquire. During that year Esquire was being retooled
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