First & Last: Henry Anton Steig It’s probably no secret that Henry Anton Steig, who signed his drawings “Henry Anton,” was William Steig’s brother. Henry’s cartoon contributions to The New Yorker were, in number, the polar opposite of William’s: 19, compared to William’s nearly 2000. William Steig said this about his brother (the following from Lee Lorenz’s terrif The World
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Thurber Thursday: Uncollected…Or Collected?
Wandering around Ebay, I came across an unknown (to me) Thurber piece, “I Can’t Make Anything Work” in a magazine, For Men (June 1939). According to Edwin Bowden’s Thurber Bibliography, this was its only appearance (i.e., not collected). Oddly(?), a piece titled, “I Break Everything I Touch” was published in 1941 in another magazine, The Man. That piece is included
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