At Wit’s End Redux It’s hard to believe that nearly a year has passed since At Wit’s End came out (it was in stores November of 2024). Here we are three-quarters of the way through The New Yorker‘s centennial (February of 2025 through February 2026) and At Wit’s End remains the only book out there this year celebrating the magazine’s
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George Price: “The Chuckling Champion Of The Washed-Out Man” We expect puffery in advertising, and this ad for the late great George Price’s 1940 cartoon collection, Good Humor Man, doesn’t disappoint (“the year’s biggest and best book of humor”). I like the “chuckling champion” but “washed-out man” seems a bit, well, odd as a selling point. Price’s cartoon world was
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Once again going through issues of The New Yorker, chronologically (the last time I did it I was researching Peter Arno), I came across things I hadn’t noticed before (or had noticed but hadn’t saved). Here’re are just a few from my recent stroll through The New Yorker‘s past: I enjoyed this ad from the issue of December 21, 1929
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William Haefeli Guests On The Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast William Haefeli (above, in the v-neck sweater) who began contributing to The New Yorker in 1998 joins the CCCP‘s co-hosts (l-r) Beth Lawler, Paul Nesja, and Vin Coca (it’s episode #186, for those keeping track). Listen here. _________________________________________________________________ Mary Petty Draws Alan Dunn Here’s an ad for Alan Dunn’s 1931 collection,
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