A Group…Peter Arno, Warren Miller, Richard Cline Yet another grouping of New Yorker artists — this group less random than the ones before. I thought it made for an interesting contrast of the Arno / Miller school of strong graphics next to the school of
Read more___________________________________________________________________________________ A fun evening at Parsons School of Design back in October of 1984. The occasion was the opening of a group show of New Yorker art. The group photo above and the smaller photos, by T. Dovidio, appeared in The Village Voice. Below is a barely legible key (sorry!) to the artists shown. One person is unknown to me.
Read moreThe other day I wrote about the New Yorker Anniversary album: 1925-1975. Following up on that, here’s a little something about the Album that immediately followed it, The New Yorker Cartoon Album 1975- 1985. In the entire run of Albums, this one would have to rank #1 in understated covers. A bit of trivia (or maybe it’s not so trivial):
Read moreFrom 1997 through 2012, the New Yorker published a “Cartoon Issue”; that there was a special issue wasn’t news — the magazine had started publishing them in its new era of ownership under Conde Nast (purists might argue that the issue of August 31, 1946 was the magazine’s first special issue. Beyond the Goings On About Town section, the entire
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