Latest New Yorker Cartoons Rated If you like your New Yorker cartoons poked and prodded and looked at this way and that, the Cartoon Companion is for you. This particular CC post comes with a bonus: a look at a rough sketch by New Yorker cartoonist, Amy Hwang. See it here. ______________________________________________________________ Advertising Work by New Yorker Cartoonists, Part
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Appearance of Interest: Harry Bliss; Attempted Bloggery Begins a Gregory d’Alessio Appreciation; Advertising Work by New Yorker Cartoonists, Part 15: Abner Dean
Appearance of Interest: Harry Bliss Harry Bliss, a New Yorker contributor since 1998, will speak at the Henry Sheldon Museum of Vermont History on September 18th. All the details here. __________________________________________________________________________ Attempted Bloggery Begins a Gregory d’Alessio Appreciation Gregory d’Alessio, a New Yorker contributor — he contributed from 1934 – 1940 — who doesn’t get much attention is finally getting
Read moreAdvertising Work by New Yorker Cartoonists, Part 12: Gluyas Williams
According to Genius in Disguise , Thomas Kunkel’s must-read biography of The New Yorker’s founder and first editor, Harold Ross, Gluyas Williams “was the artistic equivalent of E.B. White, in that to Ross (and to thousands of fans) he simply could do no wrong.” In that same book (pp. 333-335) there’s a fun section about Ross’s “secret” project: running Mr.
Read moreAdvertising Work by New Yorker Cartoonists, Part 10: Otto Soglow
Deep in the dog days of summer seems a good time to pick up the Spill’s series of advertising work by New Yorker cartoonists. Credit and thanks goes out to the Executive Director of SPX, Warren Bernard for allowing his efforts to be shown here. In Part 10 we see a selection by Otto “The Little King” Soglow, who contributed
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