Thurber Thursday: 3 More Thurbers At Auction Along With Originals By Charles Addams, Rea Irvin, William Steig, and More!

3 More Thurber At Auction The  latest Swann Illustration auction catalog is now online. Among the work by New Yorker contributors Charles Addams, William Steig, Edward Sorel, George Price, Lee Lorenz, R.O. Blechman, Frank Modell, John Held, Jr., Barbara Shermund, Rea Irvin, Mischa Richter, C.E.M. (Charles E. Martin), and Richard Taylor, are 3 drawings by James Thurber.   “Are there

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Wednesday Spill: “Those Cartoonists!”

“Those Cartoonists!” From Dick Buchanan Via Mike Lynch’s Blog  Thanks to Dick Buchanan and his fab files, “Those Cartoonists!” an article from the January 7, 1945 issue of This Week Magazine, has appeared on cartoonist Mike Lynch’s blog. You can see it here.   The article’s author, Charles D. Rice, Jr., packs a lot of info into a few pages, including

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Wednesday Spill: Daily Cartoonists & Cartoons; Personal History: Desk Moving, Pt. 2

Daily Cartoonists & Cartoons Time to catch up with this week’s Daily Cartoonists & their cartoons: Monday’s Daily… from Ellis Rosen, who began contributing to The New Yorker in 2016. Tuesday’s Daily…from Mort Gerberg, who began contributing to The New Yorker in 1965. Wednesday’s Daily… from Sueryann Lee, who began contributing to The New Yorker in March of 2019.   __________________________________________________________________________ Personal

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Tuesday Spill: Swann Catalog Posted: Addams, Lorenz, Hokinson, Miller, ffolkes Original Drawings Offered!; Daily Cartoonists: Lars Kenseth, Farley Katz

Swann Catalog Posted Swann Galleries December Illustration catalog is now posted. You can look through here. The auction will take place on December 16th, but in the meantime, have fun looking at the work offered (I did). Among the originals this time round are works by Charles Addams, Lee Lorenz, Helen Hokinson, Warren Miller, Michael ffolkes, CEM (Charles E. Martin),

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