A Meta New Yorker Cartoon By Warren Miller Yesterday, taking a break from drawing, I began poking through a stack of New Yorkers from the late 1960s. An Andre Francois cover on the issue of July 26, 1969 grabbed my attention. I’ve always loved Mr. Francois’s cover work (it’s possible I’m especially fond of it because he had the cover
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Of all the New Yorker Albums published, it is the first one that sends off the biggest charge when I spot it on a shelf (honestly, it’s not hard to miss. I have one of the above copies set on a shelf with its cover facing out). Over time I’ve ended up with the three you see above, plus, I
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3 More Thurber At Auction The latest Swann Illustration auction catalog is now online. Among the work by New Yorker contributors Charles Addams, William Steig, Edward Sorel, George Price, Lee Lorenz, R.O. Blechman, Frank Modell, John Held, Jr., Barbara Shermund, Rea Irvin, Mischa Richter, C.E.M. (Charles E. Martin), and Richard Taylor, are 3 drawings by James Thurber. “Are there
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62 Years Ago This Week In The New Yorker If you’ve spent any time visiting this site you’ll know I like to occasionally pull bound volumes of New Yorkers off our shelves and discover what’s inside. Although I’ve been through each volume in the Spill’s library there’s always something or other I’ve missed. This morning I grabbed the April-May 1960
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