The New Yorker War Album, published in 1942, was the very first themed Album of the magazine’s cartoons. Peter Arno’s cover from the issue of February 28, 1942 was selected as the cover. As so often the case for the Album series an Arno drawing led off the collection (“Of course if they don’t bomb Sutton Place, I’m going to
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Advertising Work by New Yorker Cartoonists, Pt. 22: John Held, Jr.; More Booth!
Advertising Work by New Yorker Cartoonists, Pt. 22: John Held, Jr. I know, I know… you woke up this morning wondering if John Held, Jr., who became famous for his drawings of flappers in and on the cover of the pre-Luce Life ever did advertising work. Well courtesy of Warren Bernard‘s detective work, we have some examples of Mr. Held’s
Read moreMonday/Tuesday Tilley Watch
And now for Part 2 of the Monday Tilley Watch… Continuing on: a cat and twister drawing by Julia Suits — who could ask for more. Ms. Suits first New Yorker cartoon appeared in 2006. On the very next page, a cartoon, with a slip of color, by P.S. Mueller (first New Yorker cartoon, 1998). Mr. Mueller specializes in what
Read moreThe Monday Tilley Watch
A new feature in the new week. Around here at the Spill this roller coaster cartoon life begins anew every monday with the publication of the latest issue of the New Yorker. The latest issue is the klieg light for cartoonists; we go to it with some higher level of curiosity: to see who’s in and what our colleagues have
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