High Bar: The New Yorker’s 1979 Anniversary Issue On a recent podcast, I mentioned my tendency to avoid using “best” — you know: best cartoonist, best cartoon, best cover, best pizza, etc., etc.. (I also avoid using “worst”). With that in mind, I won’t go as far as saying the 1979 anniversary issue of The New Yorker is the best
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Last night, in the company of Liza Donnelly, I spent a few hours touring the Swann Galleries Illustration auction preview in Manhattan — looking over a goodly number of New Yorker original art. Besides seeing the art (Jack Ziegler! Peter Steiner! Mick Stevens! J.B. “Bud” Handelsman! Chast! Tom Toro! Suba! Robert Weber! George Booth!…and more) we were there for
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A good number of original drawings from the Lee Lorenz estate are among the numerous offerings in the upcoming Swann Illustration auction. Mr. Lorenz was The New Yorker‘s art editor from 1973 – 1993, and cartoon editor from 1993 through 1997). Here are just a few of the offerings: A George Booth proposed cover from 1976… This drawing from Robert
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Article Of Interest…Bruce Eric Kaplan From The Los Angeles Daily News, December 12, 2024, “Cartoonist and TV Vet Bruce Eric Kaplan Details the Hollywood Life in Memoir”. Mr. Kaplan began contributing to The New Yorker in 1991. His latest book is They Went Another Way; A Hollywood Memoir. ________________________________________________________ 1984 Coffee Ad Features Robert Weber Animation (Maybe) My colleague, Joe
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