Saturday Reading…Picturing Ross Here’re two archived posts of interest, both concern the above cover image by Rea Irvin: From A New Yorker State Of Mind, “Fun With Harold” From Attempted Bloggery, “Rea Irvin and Al Hirschfeld: Harold
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Monday Spill…The New Yorker’s 100th: The Special Issues! The Exhibits! The Parties! The Films!; Video Of Interest…”The New Yorker At 50″ With Brendan Gill, Calvin Trillin, Roger Angell, And Charles Addams
–photo: Michael Maslin The New Yorker’s centennial included all kinds of interesting doings. Here’s the lot of them. The Special Issues: There were four special anniversary issues this year (called “centenary” issues on the magazine’s Table of Contents). The keepsake of the four for most readers is likely the Feb.17 & 24, 2025 (double) issue, shown above, which marked the
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Sunday Spill: “For Mr. Ross, My Boss And Severest Critic”
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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Tuesday Spill: Now That’s A Cover! (And An Essay!); Review Of Interest…Cartoons On Martha’s Vineyard
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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