Gayle Kabaker‘s charming cover kicks off summertime ’18 (you can read about the cover here). Just for fun I’m showing the cover of every last issue of May from 1925 through 2015, one from each decade. May 30, 1925: Ilonka Karasz; May 25, 1935: Constantin Alajalov; May 26, 1945: Constantin Alajalov; May 28, 1955: A. Birnbaum; May 29, 1965: Arthur
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Deck of Cards of Interest: Levin, Lorenz, Chast, Ziegler, Steig
Back in 1983, Ink, Inc. produced this fun set of playing cards, The Deck. Jack Ziegler handled the art for the cardbacks and the Jokers, with Arnie Levin doing Spades, Roz Chast Diamonds, Lee Lorenz Clubs and William Steig providing Hearts.
Read moreA New Yorker Cartoon Book Oddity
If you like things organized, then here’s another book for you, as odd as it is. It contains a chronological listing of all the television-related cartoons in the New Yorker from 1950 through 1990, with a brief description of each cartoon. The book was published in the early days of the internet before this kind of information was as easily
Read moreInterview of Interest: Sam Gross; Cartoon Companion Rates the Latest New Yorker Cartoons; Lots More E. Simms Campbell on Attempted Bloggery; Jack Ziegler: Calmly Zany
Interview of Interest: Sam Gross Yesterday Jane Mattimoe gave us an audio snippet of her recent interview with the great Sam Gross. Today we get the whole print interview right here. _________________________________________________________________ Cartoon Companion Rates the Latest New Yorker Cartoons The CC”s “Max” and “Simon” return with their up-close takes on each and every cartoon in the new issue (y’know,
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