In 1943, San Francisco’s M.H. De Young Memorial Museum held an exhibit of artist’s self portraits called “Meet the Artist.” The catalog, 8 1/2″ x 7 3/4″ is a gem. Of the 188 artists represented, a number are New Yorker contributors: James Thurber, Saul Steinberg, Otto Soglow, Mischa Richter, Richard Taylor, Alajalov, Whitney Darrow, Jr., Richard Decker, Roberta MacDonald,
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Interview: Tomi Ungerer
From Observatory, June 27, 2011, “Between Two Convex Mirrors: A Conversation with Tomi Ungerer” ( Steinberg content)
Read moreFifty Years Earlier
As a cartoonist it’s (mostly) all about what’s next; this may explain why I sometimes like to take a breather and think about what was. Still in a celebratory mode because of The New Yorker’s 86th anniversary, I went to my collection of anniversary issues and pulled out the issue from fifty years ago, dated February 18, 1961. Thought I’d
Read moreCartoon Polymaths at Parsons
From a New School (NYC) blog, “Comic Evolution: Exhibit Illustrates Cartooning’s Legacy” Check this out ( Steinberg content)
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