Here’s a treat: a slideshow of 94 cartoons by Bruce Petty (once you’ve gone to the new page, scroll down to Mr. Petty’s name, and click). Petty’s work appeared in The New Yorker for a decade (1959-69). I’ve always (graphically) linked Mr. Petty’s work with Niculae Asciu and Dean Vietor’s — highly energetic lines, as close to animated cartoons
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Niculae Asciu, New Yorker Cover Artist & Cartoonist, Dies at Age 70
The long time illustrator for The New York Times, Niculae Asciu has died at age 70. Mr Asciu was also a New Yorker cartoonist and cover artist, contributing 3 covers and 23 cartoons over sixteen years, from 1974 thru 1990. Mr. Asciu was that rare cartoonist whose work, like his contemporary Nurit Karlin, was mostly captionless if not entirely wordless
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