Book Of Interest: If “Mr. Brunelle” Was Drawn By… I came across this book on Facebook the other day. Intrigued by the cover art, I contacted the author and artist, Robert Waldo Brunelle, Jr.. Mr. Brunelle told me: “I am a political cartoonist, whose strip Mr.
Read more
Sometimes You Miss Stuff After spending more than a decade researching Peter Arno, I felt I’d uncovered just about as much as I could about his life and work. The rare and/or obscure material seemed to have finally petered out (so to speak); I believed I’d followed every trail. And yet, seven years after I packed up my research materials,
Read more
Fave Photo Of The Day: Otto Soglow A link to this photo turned up in my inbox this morning. I’ve seen the photo before over the years, and have always slightly puzzled over it. The puzzling part is where Mr. Soglow
Read more
Looking through very old newspaper articles yesterday I came upon an ad for Thurber’s Dogs, a 1955 collection of Thurber dog-centric writings and drawings (the first edition is shown above). I love the simplicity of this ad: Here are some other editions through the years: Speaking of Thurber dogs, I was going through a box of New Yorkers the other
Read more