Joe Dator, who recently told Ink Spillites about the New Yorker cartoons appearing on Mad Men, debuts his podcast today. It’s called “Songs You’re Sick Of” & the first song up for dissection is Bruce Springsteen’s “Born to Run” (as a native of NJ, I’m just going to have toput ear muffs on for this one). Link to Joe
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New Yorker Cartoonist Joe Dator Tells Us About “The Cartoons on Peggy Olson’s Wall”
On this momentous Mad Men weekend, it gives me great pleasure to post an Ink Spill exclusive from my New Yorker colleague, Joe Dator. I can’t think of a better cartoon-related way to salute this classic series. My thanks to Joe for bringing this terrific piece to the Spill. [click on the cartoons to enlarge them ] And
Read moreThe New Yorker & Mad Men, Mad Men & The New Yorker; John Updike’s boyhood home a museum?
New Yorker readers who turned to the magazine’s last page a few weeks ago (the issue of May 7) no doubt noticed the Cartoon Caption Contest cartoon by Liza Donnelly was influenced by the iconic silhouette Mad Men image of Don Draper, as seen from behind, with his arm extended out along the back of a chair, cigarette in hand.
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