Back In 1981… I wish I was paying more attention back in 1981, when Christie’s (East) auctioned a number of fabulous original drawings from Thurber’s classic New Yorker series, “The War Between Men and Women.” (Sorry the screenshot is so poor — I took it off of a poor quality online scan of the auction catalog). The expected price range
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Historical Marker I’ve no idea how many New Yorker cartoonists have been honored with a historical marker.* Here’s James Thurber’s in Columbus, Ohio: It rests outside of Thurber House. More here. _________________________________________________________ James Thurber’s A-Z Entry James Thurber Born, Columbus, Ohio, December 8, 1894. Died 1961, New York City. New Yorker work: 1927 -1961, with several pieces run posthumously. According
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Is Sex Necessary? (Again) Back in May, the Spill reported that James Thurber and E.B. White’s 1929 classic, Is Sex Necessary? had entered the public domain. The below version, published last month, showed up during one of my daily searches yesterday. We’ve come a long long way from that first edition. __________________________________________________________________________ Here’s a selection of the title published before
Read moreFrom Japan: The Dog Department The other day I ran across this interesting cover for the Japanese edition of Thurber’s The Dog Department. I don’t know about you, but I can never get enough Thurber dog drawings; this cover doesn’t disappoint. The book, edited by the fab Michael Rosen, was originally published in the US in 2001 (the US cover
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