When you think of James Thurber’s drawings you probably think of one or two or three of his classics. But before any of his cartoons appeared in the magazine (his first cartoon appeared in the issue of January 31, 1931), he illustrated and wrote something he called Our Pet Department. It was, from the very first, intended to be a
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Fave Bookstore Find of the Day; Nice Price At a Price
Fave Bookstore Find of the Day The other day while browsing around my favorite used bookstore, Rodgers Book Barn, with two New Yorker pals (John Cuneo and Danny Shanahan) the above book caught my eye because of the Thurber drawing. My eyes widened when I realized I had never seen this particular book before (or had I?). It turned out
Read more“The Place Was Especially A Mess After The Weekly Art Meetings”
… “The artists, who waited for the verdicts, scrambled for desk space where they could retouch their cartoons and spots according to what Wylie, or Katharine Angell, told them what Ross wanted.”* — So said New Yorker editor and writer Rogers Whitaker to Thurber biographer, Harrison Kinney. He was describing a wonderfully fun and exciting time and
Read moreThe New Yorker’s Art Meeting: A Potted History
It’s tempting to believe that the structure of The New Yorker’s Art Department arrived fully formed in 1924 when Harold Ross, with his wife Jane Grant began pulling together his dream magazine. But of course, such was not the case. What we know for certain is that once the first issue was out, Ross and several of
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