Alan Dunn’s New Yorker War Cartoons Cover Alan Dunn might be best remembered for his signature densely styled charcoal and grease pencil drawings that appeared for nearly a half-century in the New Yorker, from 1926 through 1974. Or he might be remembered as the most prolific New Yorker artist with the most published cartoons until William Steig overtook him
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Right up front I’ll admit that I’ve learned, and continue to learn, a little something (or sometimes a lot of something) from my cartoonist colleagues, past and present. James Thurber’s work happens to be the most influential; seeing his work when I was a teenager yanked me away from the influences that had fueled me til then. Back then
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Tilley On The Vineyard Paul Karasik sent the above Tilley-on-the-island drawing to my attention. Wanna see the rest of it, including the caption? Go here to The Vineyard Gazette. Mr Karasik began contributing to The New Yorker in 1999. Visit his website here. ____________________________________________________________________ Sempe On Walls From Swissinfo, “Cartoonist lightshow brightens up Geneva nights” — 54 works by the
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Peter Arno’s Dust Jackets, 1927-1945 A by-product of writing a book is the accumulation of materials hunted and gathered during the research. When I was full speed ahead on researching the Peter Arno biography back in 1999 thru 2015, I came by a lot of “stuff” including all but one of the books you see below. Beggars Abroad, by Jim
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