A Catalog Of Interest Back in the Fall of 1968, a truly fab exhibit of work by Ralph Barton, Miguel Covarrubias, and John Held, Jr. was held at the Providence, Rhode Island’s Museum of Art (the show later moved to the Art Gallery at SUNY, Potsdam, NY). The catalog, though small (7″ x 8 1/2″ and 83 pages) contains a
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It being The New Yorker‘s 96th anniversary week, I thought it would be fun to take a quick look at the cartoonist line-up in the magazine’s very first issue, dated February 21, 1925. There weren’t many cartoonists in the issue, but then again the issue was only 31 pages. I’m showing the artists in order of their work’s appearance, along
Read moreThe Cover: Christoph Niemann returns for the Technology Issue. Read Francoise Mouly’s Q&A with him about his cover. The Cartoonists & Cartoons: Electronically flipping through this new issue (appropriately enough for the Technology Issue) I was happy that the cartoons just kept-a-comin’; there are seventeen of them to be exact. All of them are placed well (i.e., they have plenty
Read moreSomething fun: Bob Eckstein’s “Tragical Mystery Book Tour” (Pt.1). In this Writer’s Digest piece the world’s greatest snowman expert (and New Yorker cartoonist) shares his experiences on the book tour circuit. ___________________________________________________________ More Rea Irvin Here, courtesy of Steve Stoliar, is another Rea Irvin illustration from the rare 1929 Robert Benchley pamphlet, Busy In Conference : And speaking of
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