Wednesday: Before Steinberg’s “View Of The World From 9th Avenue,” McCutcheon’s “The New Yorker’s Map Of The United States”

A fascinating piece from The Big Think, April 19, 2022, “Satirical Cartography: A Century Of American Humor In Twisted Maps” by Frank Jacobs.  Above: Published in 1922: John McCutcheon‘s “New Yorker’s Map Of The United States”; Below, Steinberg’s 1976 New Yorker cover (“View Of The World From 9th Avenue”)     After reading this piece I immediately went to Deirdre Bair’s

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Wednesday Spill: Very Funny Ladies Panel At MoCCA Arts Fest This Saturday With Roz Chast, Maggie Larson, Liza Donnelly, Barbara Smaller, and Bishakh Som; 70 Years Ago In The New Yorker

  Here’s a link to the MoCCA Arts Fest 2022 website for even more info. Roz Chast began contributing to The New Yorker in 1978, Liza Donnelly in 1979, Maggie Larson in 2017, Barbara Smaller in 1996, and Bishakh Som in 2018.  ____________________________________________________                          70 Years Ago In The New

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