Note: As of 10:00am this Monday morning the magazine’s digital issue has not yet been posted, so, for now, I’m relying on what’s available on other areas of newyorker.com. Update: Digital issue posted this evening. The Cover: as mentioned here last Friday, the new issue’s cover (above) was early released. The Cartoonists: The Cartoons: As might be expected, several of
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Personal History: Sketchbooks; Today’s Daily Cartoonist & Cartoon
In 1972 or 1973, several years before my work was first accepted into The New Yorker, I began drawing in the black sketchbooks you see above. At the time it seemed like a good idea, and it remained a good idea until the late 1970s, when having arrived at Sketchbook #73 (yes, I numbered them), I suddenly stopped. The reason
Read moreThurber Thursday; James Stevenson’s Hat Trick Issue Of The New Yorker: March 22, 1969; Today’s Daily Cartoonist & Cartoon; From The Department Of “What The…?”
Thurber Thursday Here’s an oddity from the Spill’s archive. An eight page pamphlet containing James Thurber’s speech delivered upon receiving the Ohioana Sesquicentennial Medal. The Citation reads (in part): In appreciation of your generosity of spirit…originality of concept…your matchless satire…at times pure wit…oft times gentle humor…your priceless gift of laughter…boon to disturbed mankind…In recognition of the world wide fame you
Read moreA Valentine’s Day Cartoon; A Case For Pencils Spotlights Nick Downes; Today’s Daily Cartoonist & Cartoon; Today’s Daily Shouts Cartoonist
— from The New Yorker, Feb. 22, 2016 __________________________________________________________________ A Case For Pencils Spotlights Nick Downes Jane Mattimoe’s terrif blog, A Case For Pencils features Nick Downes this week. Take a look. Mr. Downes, shown here in a sort of Eustace Tilley-ish pose, began contributing to The New Yorker in 1998. Visit Mr. Downes’s website here. ________________________________________________________ Today’s
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