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.
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Advertising Work by New Yorker Cartoonists, Part 2: William Steig
And now for Part 2 of what will be many parts of an adwork display by New Yorker cartoonists, all courtesy of Warren Bernard, indefatigable cartoon collector, and Executive Director of the Small Press Expo, or SPX. There are too many ads by William Steig to show in one sitting, so he’ll have to have his own Part 2
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Advertising Work by New Yorker Cartoonists, Part 1 Warren Bernard, author of the wonderful book, Cartoons For Victory, as well as Executive Director of The Small Press Expo, has generously allowed the Spill access to hundreds of images he has collected that depict advertising work executed by New Yorker cartoonists. The Spill will post these from time-to-time. This is not
Read more“…Vaguely Somewhere in Ross’s Mind…”
Here’s an interesting little booklet from the Spill’s archives (little as in 5″ x 8″ and just 97 pages), but there’s so much within. The chapter “The New Yorker Cartoon and Modern Graphic Humor” by M. Thomas Inge is especially of interest, for obvious reasons. Mr. Inge provides a survey of the magazine’s art from inception through to the beginnings
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