Tablecloth Art The other day I came to discover a Thurber article, “James Thurber: Doodler Extraordinary”* by Barbara Klaw in a now somewhat ancient American Heritage (February 1965). The two-page article centered on a photograph of a tablecloth covered with Thurber drawings. According to the American Heritage story, Thurber drew (in pencil) on the tablecloth while at Tim Costello’s restaurant
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“The Best Thing The New Yorker Has Ever Done…” I recently dipped into the big box (shown here) here at the Spill that holds numerous Thurber files donated to the Spill library by Michael Rosen, the fellow behind so many Thurber-centric books, including A Mile And A Half Of Lines: The Art Of James Thurber, Collecting Himself: James Thurber On
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Paul Noth Accepts The 2025 Thurber Prize For American Cartoon Art New Yorker cartoonist, Paul Noth was presented with the 2025 Thurber Prize for American Cartoon Art last night at festivities in midtown Manhattan. The Thurber Prize for Writing was awarded to Alexandra Petri for Alexandra Petris’ US History: Important American Documents. It was a doubly great night for Mr.
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Hearty congratulations to my New Yorker colleague, Paul Noth, who will receive the Thurber Prize For American Cartoon Art tomorrow night in New York City. Liza Donnelly and I will have the honor of presenting the award. Mr. Noth began contributing to The New Yorker in 2004. Here’s his first cartoon in the magazine, from the issue of October 18,
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