Personal History: Cape May’s “Pink House” On this humid morning I decided to pinch a fan from my wife’s studio. I don’t think she’ll mind as she’s twenty-eight hundred miles away in Cal-i-forn-i-a. Heading out of her studio, fan in hand, I took a detour into a narrow adjacent room which is home to some of our New Yorker odds
Read moreThe Cover: As you can see by the puzzled fellow icon, I am a little puzzled (though not completely puzzled) by Christoph Niemann’s Geico-esque subway cover for the July 15th issue. Luckily, there’s the go-to weekly Q&A for those in need of clarity. The Cartoonists: The Newbie: Madeline Horwath debuts this week. She is the 21st new New Yorker
Read moreRead all about Mark Alan Stamaty’s NYC illustrated subway car on Mike Lynch‘s blog here. Mr. Stamaty’s New Yorker debut was with this cover in November of 1992. Here’s a link to his website. _______________________________________________________________________ From newyorker.com, September 8, 2016, “Salinger’s House, Artists Retreat” — the New Yorker‘s Sarah Larson visits Harry Bliss in a Salinger home, now
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