Here’s a fun photo of three exceptionally fine fellows: (l-r) Robert Leighton, Pat Byrnes, and Ken Krimstein. Also of note in the photo: a lot of bagels, a Strand bookstore mug, and a tall mug or cup bearing a photo that appears on The Beatles Live at the BBC, Vol. 2. Photo: Evanston, Illinois, 2016. Courtesy of Alex
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New Yorker Cartoonists Remember Michael Crawford
This has been an unusually tough year within this peculiar family — this family of New Yorker cartoonists. Within seven months our ranks have been thinned by four: Frank Modell, William Hamilton, Anatol Kovarsky and now, this past week, Michael Crawford. Michael is remembered below by some of his cartoonist colleagues. My thanks to all for their contributions. Note: Link
Read moreOut Today! Peter Arno: The Mad Mad World of The New Yorker’s Greatest Cartoonist
Finally! My thanks to Karen Green of Columbia University for last night’s wonderful send-off for Arno at Butler Library. And thanks too to Edward Sorel for co-piloting the program with me. A big thank you to all who attended, including those from my New Yorker family: Roxie Munro,
Read moreFave New Yorker Holiday Party Pix
It happened last night: The New Yorker’s first Holiday Party way downtown near its new offices in The World Trade Center. The venue was dark (see photos), small, and filled with throbbing music. The joint was packed (yes, like sardines) with happy folk. Saw Calvin Trillin anchored near the entrance, while the magazine’s editor, David Remnick shouldered through the crowd,
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