Fave Photo: Krimstein, Byrnes, and Eckstein A photo of three terrif New Yorker cartoonists taken this week in the Toddlin’ Town. From left to right: Ken Krimstein, Bob Eckstein, and Pat Byrnes. Mr. Krimstein began contributing to The New Yorker in 2000. Visit his website here. Mr. Eckstein began contributing in 2007. Visit his website here. Mr. Byrnes began contributing
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A Little More Updike On Thurber I really enjoy following the breadcrumbs often found in books of collected letters (and biographies). An interesting mention can lead me to leave the book in hand and begin searching elsewhere. This morning I came across this footnote on page 333 in the newly published Selected Letters Of John Updike: “Updike’s piece, ‘On Meeting
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John Updike’s Want List At 17 Noted in the just published Selected Letters of John Updike, edited by James Schiff: a postcard sent by a 17 year old John Updike to Barnes & Noble, dated June 15, 1949, requesting the following books be held for him: ______________________________________________________________ Unfortunate Cover Art By now, I shouldn’t be surprised when I run across
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I’ve always thought of John Updike as a sort of honorary New Yorker cartoonist. He was Thurber inspired early on in life (and mass media cartoons inspired as well). By the time he went to Harvard he aspired to become a New Yorker cartoonist. As he said in a PBS documentary: “I got into The New Yorker. I didn’t become James Thurber,
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