Judging by what I’ve noticed over many years of visiting used book stores, The New Yorker 25th Anniversary Album must have been the most popular in the series of their cartoon anthologies. This is the one you’re likely to find if you find any at all. Bonus: it’s easily found online for just a few bucks. The Album sports a
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Checking In: Peter Kuper Talks Spy Vs. Spy, The New Yorker, and So Much More
When I think of MAD magazine I think of Alfred E. Neuman, of course, and Al Jaffee’s Fold-In, and Spy vs Spy. For the past twenty years the latter has been in the hands of Peter Kuper. His non-Spy work has been appearing more and more in The New Yorker these days, both the print version (an example above —
Read moreAdvertising Work by New Yorker Cartoonists, Part 12: Gluyas Williams
According to Genius in Disguise , Thomas Kunkel’s must-read biography of The New Yorker’s founder and first editor, Harold Ross, Gluyas Williams “was the artistic equivalent of E.B. White, in that to Ross (and to thousands of fans) he simply could do no wrong.” In that same book (pp. 333-335) there’s a fun section about Ross’s “secret” project: running Mr.
Read moreLatest New Yorker Cartoons Rated; R.C. Harvey’s Lengthy Look at Gluyas Williams
Click here to see the new Cartoon Companion where you’ll find a considered (and rated) assessment of all the cartoons in the latest New Yorker. As usual, a Mystery Cartoonist is along for the fun. You’ll also run across an un-mysterious me prattling on about my drawing in this issue, which began life, Thurber-ish, with a seal
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