Making my way around Ebay this morning, I came across the below (signed) photo of the late very great New Yorker cover artist and cartoonist, Helen Hokinson. “Mr. Ross” is, of course, Harold Ross, the fellow who invented The New Yorker Magazine. Helen Hokinson’s A-Z Entry: Helen Hokinson Born, Illinois,1893; died, Washington, D.C., 1949. New Yorker work: 1925 -1949,
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Now That’s A Cover! (And An Essay!) The Complete Book of Covers From The New Yorker never fails to surprise me — it almost seems as if someone has added new covers for me to discover since the last time I paged through. The cover above, by H.O. Hofman (his sixth for the magazine in just eleven months), stood out
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Personal History: Thurber’s The Years With Ross Up in Maine, briefly, as summer ends, I wandered this morning over to a row of books in the cabin we’re in and was surprised to see a paperback copy of James Thurber’s The Years With Ross. I didn’t
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“And We Won’t Aim To Please” In this year of celebrating The New Yorker‘s centennial I think it’s a good idea, every so often, to go way way back to the very beginnings of the magazine. As incredible as it may seem, the below appeared in the second issue of The New Yorker, dated February 28, 1925 (in the column,
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