From the Department of Self-Promotion: this piece by Brenda Cronin in The Wall Street Journal, “A Homage to New Yorker Cartoonist Peter Arno”
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Arno Olio #4: Father William
Arno covers the writer Donald Ogden Stewart’s 1929 “Comedy of Father & Son” Father William. Although the inner front flap copy reads: “Peter Arno, well known to readers of The New Yorker, adds still further to the gayety of the book by his inimitable illustrations” none of the illustrations within are by Arno. The drawings are actually by Eldon Kelley,
Read moreNew Yorker Scrapbooks; Last College Humor Arnos From Attempted Bloggery
Back in 1931 The New Yorker published something called The New Yorker Scrapbook; unfortunately it contained zero cartoons, spots, covers, or illustrations. It’s a collection of writing from the then six year old magazine. Over the years I’ve come across (either bought, or received as a gift) a number
Read moreThe American Bystander #2; Arno in College Humor Continued
The American Bystander #2 is close to publication (a provisional cover by the late great Charles Barsotti appears on the AB site). For more on The American Bystander read this (mentions Jack Ziegler, Liza Donnelly, Roz Chast
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