In February of 1991 when The New Yorker offices moved from 25 West 43rd Street across the street to 20 West 43rd, some housecleaning was in order. Some of the objects that once sat in the Art Department couldn’t make the move due to space considerations. Among the few generously donated to our collection was this oddity: a large
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Lorenz, Koren & Bliss panel discussion in Vermont
From The Center for Cartoon Studies (White River Junction, Vermont) , this notice of a panel discussion, “What Makes a Cartoon Work?” July 14, 2011. Panelists: Lee Lorenz, Edward Koren, Harry Bliss
Read moreFunny Business to be rebroadcast May 7th; Video: Chast’s Ant & The Grasshopper
According to its official website, Funny Business — An Inside Look at the Art of Cartooning, shown last night on New York’s PBS station WNET, will be rebroadcast this Saturday, May 7th, at 3:30 am. The film pays studio visits to a number of New Yorker cartoonists, including Frank Modell, Lee Lorenz (the former Art Editor/Cartoon Editor of The New
Read moreFifty Years Earlier
As a cartoonist it’s (mostly) all about what’s next; this may explain why I sometimes like to take a breather and think about what was. Still in a celebratory mode because of The New Yorker’s 86th anniversary, I went to my collection of anniversary issues and pulled out the issue from fifty years ago, dated February 18, 1961. Thought I’d
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