Some Long Ago Cartoonist Covers I recently went on a little online adventure searching for Corey Ford covers by New Yorker artists. Along the way I also found a cover on a non-Ford title. I’m showing it here because it’s so striking. The John Riddell Murder Case by John Riddell. 1930. Cover artist: Miguel Covarrubias The Gazelle’s Ears by Corey
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A Catalog Of Interest Back in the Fall of 1968, a truly fab exhibit of work by Ralph Barton, Miguel Covarrubias, and John Held, Jr. was held at the Providence, Rhode Island’s Museum of Art (the show later moved to the Art Gallery at SUNY, Potsdam, NY). The catalog, though small (7″ x 8 1/2″ and 83 pages) contains a
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It being The New Yorker‘s 96th anniversary week, I thought it would be fun to take a quick look at the cartoonist line-up in the magazine’s very first issue, dated February 21, 1925. There weren’t many cartoonists in the issue, but then again the issue was only 31 pages. I’m showing the artists in order of their work’s appearance, along
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Early Richter I’ve always thought that the late Mischa Richter’s cartoon roots were heavily influenced by Peter Arno’s work (something he vehemently denied when I interviewed him in 1999).* This early Mischa Richter drawing currently on Ebay is interesting in that it seems to show a Steig influence. The fellow staring at the wall thermometer is right out of William
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