Drew Dernavich’s First Children’s Book

With the publication this coming February of It’s Not Easy Being Number 3, Drew Dernavich continues the long tradition of New Yorker cartoonists venturing into the children’s book world (the list includes, among many others,  Rea Irvin, Lee Lorenz, James Stevenson, Robert Kraus, James Thurber, William Steig, Frank Modell, Ed Arno, Edward Koren, Henry Martin, Syd Hoff, Dana Fradon, Jack

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Finck’s Trio on The Toast; Attempted Bloggery’s Close Look at the 3rd New Yorker; Farley Katz on Pencils

Can’t get enough of Liana Finck’s wonderful drawings? Well now you can see three at once on The Toast. Ms. Finck’s website _______________________________________________________________________ Attempted Bloggery continues its close look at The New Yorker’s earliest issues. Today it’s issue #3 (left: a glimpse of Rea Irvin’s cover for the third issue)       _____________________________________________________________________ A Case For Pencils continues its

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The New Yorker Celebrates its 90th

Over on The New Yorker’s website there is much to dig into: cartoon slide shows from various decades, selected classic pieces, covers.   Go here to see what’s going on.   Note: Alas, Rea Irvin’s classic cover of the magazine’s mascot does not appear this week. Nine contemporary takes on Tilley appear instead. I took the above photo to accompany

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