55 Years Ago Today The other day I mentioned that April 10th is the 55th anniversary of the publication of Mort Gerberg’s first New Yorker drawing (I Spilled the drawing published in that issue of April 10, 1965). It was, however, not the first drawing he sold to the magazine. His first sale appears above (quite a beginning!). It appeared
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Honoring & Remembering Paul Peter Porges; Karasik’s Vineyard Graphic
Honoring & Remembering Paul Peter Porges Last Thursday a large crowd of friends, relatives, and colleagues from MAD and The New Yorker filled the Ethical Cultural Society’s Ceremonial Hall on Manhattan’s Upper West Side to celebrate the life of Paul Peter Porges (left), who passed away last December. Among the speakers was Mr. Porges’s close friend, New Yorker artist, Sam
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