Coming in October, The Best of Punch Cartoons in Colour. From the publisher’s description: Punch‘s move into color illustrations early in the 20th century is now all but unknown. The magnificent results are shown in this collection with hundreds of stunning cartoons from the 1920 through 1992. Showcased here are exquisite illustrations from E. H. Shepard, Art Deco masterpieces from Fougasse, and the eccentrically whimsical creations
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Punched
I’ve had my share of rejection letters from magazine and book publishers. My absolute favorite came from the now defunct magazine, Punch, back in June of 1978. At that time I was reaching out to just about every publication I could find that ran cartoons (UFOlogy and Medical Economics
Read moreLibrarians tour New Yorker’s library; S.J. Perelman’s Steinberg Artifacts
Librarians tour New Yorker’s Library: From The Desk Set, April 14, 2011, this piece, “The New Yorker Library (aka the best place on earth).” In the above photo from the post: a glimpse of William Hamilton’s, J.B. Handelsman’s and Alice Harvey’s scrapbooks. S.J. Perelman’s Steinberg Artifacts: Yesterday afternoon while re-reading Prudence Crowther’s Introduction to her book, Don’t Tread on Me;
Read more“What’s So Funny About Red?” Color Cartoons in The New Yorker
I’m betting that a good number of The New Yorker’s readers (you know, those folks who go to the cartoons before looking at anything else in the magazine) have noticed something colorful going on with the cartoons. Four out of the first five issues of the new year have a color cartoon (the cartoons in the issue of January 24th
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