Fave Photo of the Day: (l-r) Ken Krimstein, Bob Eckstein and Pat Byrnes in Chicago this week. __________________________________________________________________________________ From The Stripper’s Guide, February 5, 2015, “News of Yore 1973: William Hamilton Profiled” — this piece by Lenora Williamson that originally appeared in Editor & Publisher, April 7 1973 (thanks to Mike
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Updike’s Cartoons
From the East Carolina Manuscript Collection, October 6, 2014, “Literary Lampoons: The Cartoonist Ambitions of a Great American Writer” — this piece on John Updike’s early cartoons. (link via The John Updike Society)
Read moreJeter Gets the Jeter Cover
From minonline, September 29, 2014, “New York Yankees Honor Derek Jeter with the Original Drawing of The New Yorker Cover” — this piece on the September 8th cover by Mark Ulriksen titled “Derek Jeter Bows Out” — the piece also mentions Roger Angell’s recent writing on Jeter’s farewell as well as John Updike’s “Hub Fans Bid Kid Adieu” – his
Read moreVan Doren’s Ross & Thurber Films Released
Two Adam Van Doren films: James Thurber: The Life and Hard Times and Top Hat & Tales: Harold Ross and the Making of The New Yorker will be available on iTunes as well as on dvd, June 17. Here’s a piece about the films from filmfestivals.com. And here’s the First Run Features website where you can learn more about ordering.
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