Thinking About Hokinson When I think about Helen Hokinson’s work I don’t especially think of her famous “Club Women” drawings. Nor do I think of the Hokinson original drawing that hangs on a wall a few feet from where I work (although that does get a lot of attention). The Hokinson drawing I think of most often, especially when
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Of all the New Yorker Albums published, it is the first one that sends off the biggest charge when I spot it on a shelf (honestly, it’s not hard to miss. I have one of the above copies set on a shelf with its cover facing out). Over time I’ve ended up with the three you see above, plus, I
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A Miscellany Looking over items on my desktop this morning (not my “real” desktop — the one on my computer) I came across various items I’ve been saving for future Spill posts. I thought, hey wait a sec! Posting these as group is a Spill post. So here, in no particular order, and with little to connect them other than they’re
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A Look At The New Yorker’s 25th Anniversary Issue This morning I grabbed a bound volume of New Yorkers off the shelf that includes the magazine’s 25th anniversary issue. Hmmmm, I thought to myself…1950. interesting time for the magazine, with the semi-modern wave of cartoonists (Saxon, Weber, Lorenz, Miller, etc.) yet to arrive. If we remember that Harold Ross (the
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