Last week, there was an impromptu visit to the Spill’s headquarters by a quartet of New Yorker cartoonists. Not too long ago I would’ve led them to what my wife and I call the piano room (because there’s a piano in the room) where they would’ve seen four walls covered with framed cartoons by New Yorker artists (a sample directly below).
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A New Yorker Round-Up On The Daily Cartoonist D.D. Degg, over on The Daily Cartoonist, has rounded up a trio of New Yorker cartoonist related posts. One of them originated here (Hokinson/Donnelly); two others (Mahdavian/Chast) are of interest as well: See the combo here. __________________________________________________________________ MassART Offers A “Certificate” In Visual Storytelling & Comic Arts From Boston.com, September11, 2023,
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Helen Hokinson, one of The New Yorker‘s earliest and greatest artists, was inducted into The Society of Illustrators Hall of Fame last night in a ceremony at the organization’s home in Manhattan. Ms. Hokinson’s award was accepted by New Yorker cartoonist, Liza Donnelly, who delivered the remarks (shown below). Here’s a fun photo (by Ms. Donnelly) from the evening:
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This week’s republication of a 1936 James Thurber New Yorker cover sent me over the moon (honestly, any Thurber art on the cover would’ve). It also sent me back, via The New Yorker‘s online archive to that year’s covers, and cover artists. Anytime I look at issues of many years gone by I experience a that was then, this is
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