– Michael Shaw has been contributing cartoons to The New Yorker since 1999. He is, other than Charles Barsotti, Danny Shanahan and Liza Donnelly, the most James Thurberiest person I’ve come to know in the ranks of New Yorker cartoonists. Just have a look at his website. Realizing there were two Thurber anniversaries heading our way (November 2,
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Society of Illustrators Exhibits Work by 45 New Yorker Artists
As promised a few days ago, below is a list of New Yorker artists whose work appears in an upcoming exhibit at The Society of Illustrators. The artists included span the entire history of The New Yorker, beginning with early masters, Helen Hokinson, Peter Arno and Gluyas Williams right up through many of today’s most exciting
Read moreSociety of Illustrators Exhibits New Yorker Cartoonists’ Cartoon Collection
On the Society of Illustrators October 2013 calendar of exhibits: “The Collection of Michael Maslin and Liza Donnelly” — the exhibit runs from October 29 through December 21. (above: a Jack Ziegler drawing that appeared in The New Yorker July 28, 1980) Here’s the event listing on the Society’s site: Michael Maslin and Liza Donnelly,
Read moreBirthday of Interest: Bob Dylan…a look at New Yorker Cartoons mentioning the Bard
In honor of his 72nd birthday, here are links to four New Yorker cartoons mentioning Bob Dylan (if you have access to the magazine’s archive, seek out Nat Hentoff’s great Profile of Dylan in the October 24, 1964 issue) Mick Stevens’ drawing, (above) published December 10, 2007 Michael Shaw’s drawing, published October 25, 2010 John S. P. Walker’s drawing,
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