The Cover: Bob Staake’s 24th New Yorker cover (early-released mid-week last) is a tribute to the late RBG. You can read an interesting Q&A with him here about coming up with the idea. Visit Mr. Staake’s website. The Cartoonists: Eighteen cartoons, nineteen cartoonists (Barry Blitt, who wears many hats, among them cartoonist, has a Sketchbook on page 41). This week’s
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Interview Of Interest: Madeline Horwath From solrad, September 17, 2020, “Exploring Queer Culture Through Cursed Images: An Interview With Madeline Horwath.” Madeline Horwath began contributing to The New Yorker in July of 2019. _______________________________________________________________ Today’s Daily Cartoonist & Cartoon Emily Flake on a Trump Slim Pickens (postal) ride. Ms. Flake began contributing to The New Yorker in 2008.
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Here’s a short film and article I missed: from the Ohio State University Alumni Magazine, Summer 2019, “James Thurber At 125” …and one more post missed: from Literary Hub, August 2019, “Dorothy Parker On Her Old Pal James Thurber” (a reprint of Ms. Parker’s wonderful introduction to Thurber’s 1932 collection The Seal In The Bedroom with some fun pieces from
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The Cover: The second cover in a matter of weeks by newcomer (to The New Yorker) Grace Lynne Haynes. Read a Q&A with her here. The Cartoonists: Six cartoons by six cartoonists. As you can see by the graphic, there’s a bit of Tilley Trivia to be squeezed out of this lineup. I believe (and as always I ask that
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