The past three months we’ve lost three giants in the New Yorker Cartoonists constellation: William Hamilton in April, Frank Modell in May and Anatol Kovarsky in June. Together they contributed just over 2,600 pieces (including covers) to the magazine, but of course it is immeasurable what they really gave in hours,
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New Yorker Artist Anatol Kovarsky Has Died At Age 97
The sad news arrived here this morning that the great New Yorker artist Anatol Kovarsky died this week. He was 97. In his honor I’m re-posting the piece, in now slightly edited form, about Mr. Kovarsky that I wrote three years ago this month. The above photo, by Liza Donnelly, was taken at Mr. Kovarsky’s upper west side apartment, June,
Read moreThe Lull In Traffic That Saved The New Yorker
In the early 1925, when The New Yorker was just a few months old (its first issue was dated February 21, 1925) its main financial backer, Raoul Fleischmann decided to shut it down. If readership is a measure of success, the magazine was a failure. At 11:00 on a Friday
Read moreFrom The Wall Street Journal: “A Homage to New Yorker Cartoonist Peter Arno”
From the Department of Self-Promotion: this piece by Brenda Cronin in The Wall Street Journal, “A Homage to New Yorker Cartoonist Peter Arno”
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