As poetry doesn’t get enough attention on this site, I thought I’d post this great cover from the magazine’s 1935 anthology. It sits on the Spill bookshelf right between two other oddities: The New Yorker Scrapbook (published in 1931) and Our Own Baedeker From The New Yorker (published in 1947). The cover illustration — a complex fascinating piece of work
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In 1929 E.B. White spotted a drawing “of a seal on a rock looking at two far-off specks and saying, ‘Hm, explorers’” in his office-mate’s trash can (his office-mate was James Thurber). White rescued the drawing, inked it in, and sent it off to The New Yorker‘s art meeting. Rea Irvin, the magazine’s art supervisor, rejected the drawing, “drew a
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It’s a funny thing: in all these years of mentioning Thurber’s classic “What have you done with Dr. Millmoss?” as a life-changer when I was about 16 (most recently in last night’s Norman Rockwell live stream) I’ve always failed to mention that my first encounter with Thurber was several years earlier, when my 10th grade English class was instructed to
Read moreThe Norman Rockwell Museum continues its zoomed panel discussions next Tuesday, August 4th with Liza Donnelly and myself. Link here for all the info. Liza Donnelly’s first New Yorker cartoon appeared in 1982. A retrospective of her work, Comic Relief is currently on exhibit at The Norman Rockwell Museum. Link here for my bio. ____________________________________________________________________ Today’s Daily Bonus Cartoon is
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