From mcantil.com, August 22, 2012, “William Windom: An Appreciation” (James Thurber content).
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Booksellers post Big New Yorker Book of Dogs cover
Thurber fans will certainly enjoy the cover and content of the upcoming Big New Yorker Book of Dogs now posted online at your favorite mega-bookseller site. The 416 page hardcover book is due October 30, 2012 (Random House). The online description reads, in part: This copious collection, beautifully illustrated in full color, features articles, fiction, humor, poems, cartoons, cover
Read moreClaude Smith & Thurber originals up close
Here are two fun posts from Attempted Bloggery. I’m a real fan of close-up looks at original cartoon art. In this case, the cartoons are by Claude Smith and James Thurber.
Read moreNew Yorker Cartoons & war
Pictured above: a handful of World War II era publications from The New Yorker. Beginning at twelve o’clock high, with the red cover is The New Yorker Cartoons with The Talk of The Town (1945) — it’s the hard cover version of the New Yorker booklet to the left (cover by Alajalov). This is an exciting publication, chock full of great
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