By the late 1940s, Harold Ross, The New Yorker’s legendary founder and first editor, had assembled either by happy accident or design (depending on which version of the magazine’s history you want to believe) a stable of magazine cartoonists unrivaled in American publishing. Some have called that era of the magazine’s cartoons its Golden Age. The guiding forces of the
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Cat Cartoons a-plenty in the Big New Yorker Book of Cats
Coming October 1st from Random House: The Big New Yorker Book of Cats ( you may remember that The Big New Yorker Book of Dogs was published almost exactly a year ago). As you’d expect, the book boasts a huge number of cat themed cartoons and covers. Here’s a list of the cartoonists represented: Charles Addams, Harry Bliss,
Read moreCover Revealed for New Yorker Cartoon Editor Bob Mankoff’s Memoir
It’s a long way off to pub date (March 2014) for New Yorker Cartoon Editor, Bob Mankoff’s memoir, How About Never — Is Never Good For You?: My Life in Cartoons — but the cover is now with us to examine and enjoy. Those with long memories may remember the
Read moreTom Cheney: Lessons from Charles Rodrigues
This is the second installment in an Ink Spill series of cartoonists talking about the important cartoon connections in their lives. Felipe Galindo wrote about Steinberg last week. This week, Tom Cheney, who began contributing to The New Yorker in 1978 (one of his most famous contributions
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