With the release this past week of The New Yorker’s Cartoons of the Year 2013 (a relative of a long line of New Yorker Albums seen in the photo) I thought it would be fun to leaf through The New Yorker‘s very first collection, simply called The New Yorker Album. published in
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Liza Donnelly to SPX; Weird Writer #28: Gahan Wilson; Interview with “Born Dead, Still Weird” Film Maker; Reginald Marsh Exhibit
From SPX, this post concerning Liza Donnelly’s appearance at SPX this Fall (left: a Donnelly New Yorker cartoon). Here’s the SPX Press release And… From Weird Fiction Review, July 17, 2013, “101 Weird Writers #28: Gahan Wilson“ — this lengthy piece on Mr. Wilson. As mentioned on Ink Spill the other day, Gahan
Read moreA blast from the past: Meet the Artist
In 1943, San Francisco’s M.H. De Young Memorial Museum held an exhibit of artist’s self portraits called “Meet the Artist.” The catalog, 8 1/2″ x 7 3/4″ is a gem. Of the 188 artists represented, a number are New Yorker contributors: James Thurber, Saul Steinberg, Otto Soglow, Mischa Richter, Richard Taylor, Alajalov, Whitney Darrow, Jr., Richard Decker, Roberta MacDonald,
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