Joe Dator’s Dictionary Drawings News from Joe Dator via Facebook. Mr. Dator, who began contributing to The New Yorker in 2006, has illustrated three forthcoming books from Hachette, The Running Dictionary, The Traveling Dictionary, and The Camping Dictionary. They’ll be out mid April 2026. Visit Joe Dator’s website here.
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Liza Donnelly On Mary Petty Long-time New Yorker contributor, Liza Donnelly, continues her series on the magazine’s women cartoonists with “The Cartoons of Mary Petty” … Mary Petty’s A-Z entry: Mary Petty Born, Hampton, New Jersey, April 29,1899. Died, Paramus, New Jersey, March, 1976. New Yorker work: October 22,1927 – March 19, 1966. Collection: This Petty Pace ( Knopf, 1945)
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Weedsy: The “E” In “THE” If you enjoy weedsy, this Spill entry is for you. The other day I was looking at Rea Irvin’s cover art for the very first issue of The New Yorker when I noticed something I’d never noticed before: the lowest arm of the “E” in the word “THE” has a bit of an angle to
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A Bevy Of Joe Dator Original Cartoons! Joe Dator, one of the great modern New Yorker cartoonists, is offering a number of his original drawings published in the magazine. Below are just two of over a dozen available. See all the work here! This drawing appeared in The New Yorker November 28, 2016.
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