Rake Leaves Or Organize Back Issues Of The New Yorker? This is the time of year for raking leaves. Instead, this year, I decided to finally gather in one place (the Spill cartoon library) all the back issues of The New Yorker that are here, there, and nearly everywhere around Spill headquarters. This need to organize came out of a
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Fall Covers: Despite the pandemic, mother nature continues on doing her thing. There’s something reassuring about that (some of the best New Yorker covers have appeared this time of year). Back in 1984 the magazine’s seasonal covers inspired a gallery show and an accompanying book, Seasons At The New Yorker. Besides J.C. Suares’s September 23, 1974 cover that appears on
Read moreThe Cover: a beauty by Diana Ejaita. Her third for the magazine — read about her others here. The Cartoonists: The Cartoons: The Bruce Eric Kaplan drawing — it’s on page 39 — ever-so-vaguely reminded me of this National Lampoon “Vacation” scene (and that reminded me of the whole movie — not a bad way to begin the week). Charlie
Read moreAbove: The New Yorker War Cartoons 1945 Special Edition For The Armed Forces. For more on The New Yorker‘s special war editions go here. The above War Cartoons cover by Alan Dunn originally appeared on The New Yorker issue of August 11, 1945. Nearly a year later Mr. Dunn revisited the Honor Roll with this cover of July 27, 1946:
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