A Look At The New Yorker’s 25th Anniversary Issue This morning I grabbed a bound volume of New Yorkers off the shelf that includes the magazine’s 25th anniversary issue. Hmmmm, I thought to myself…1950. interesting time for the magazine, with the semi-modern wave of cartoonists (Saxon, Weber, Lorenz, Miller, etc.) yet to arrive. If we remember that Harold Ross (the
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The Ink Spill Interview: Edward Koren Of the nearly 700 artists who have contributed cartoons to The New Yorker in its 97 years, Edward Koren is among the half-dozen who have contributed 60 years or more. 60 years of cartoons and covers! That is a massive amount of commitment, resilience, artistry,
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Above: David Sipress, on the left, with Sam Gross, who Mr. Sipress calls “the funniest cartoonist that’s ever been.” –Photo: Ken Krimstein We don’t see many memoirs from New Yorker cartoonists. Peter Arno started one, but it never went further than lists of names and snippets of memories
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An upcoming issue of The Comics Journal featuring an interview with Pia Guerra coupled with her recent appearance on The Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast (along with her writing partner, Ian Boothby) has caused me to think a little this morning about the relatively modern jump in “dedicated” and public partnerships in The New Yorker‘s cartoonist stable. In the podcast, Ms.
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