A Saxon Santa Cover I usually associate Charles Saxon covers with The New Yorker (and no wonder — he had 93 covers), but here’s a terrif TV Guide cover from the issue of December 24-30, 1977 featuring Saxon’s art. Saxon’s A-Z entry: Charles Saxon (self portrait from Best Cartoons of the Year 1947) Born in Brooklyn, Nov 13, 1920,
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Personal History: Using A Sondheim Song Title I don’t have a good sense of where most of my drawings come from. Mostly, they just show up, and I put ’em down on cheap paper. The above drawing does have a small bit of a past — at least the caption does. My mother was a fan of Frank Sinatra. While
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Karasik’s “85 Years Of The New Yorker On The Vineyard” The current issue of Martha’s Vineyard Magazine sports a cover and cover story by Paul Karasik. Mr. Karasik tells the Spill the issue includes two spreads of New Yorker drawings as well as two spreads of Charles Saxon’s work. Looking forward to seeing this! Paul Karasik began contributing to
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Book Signing: Hilary Campbell From The Sonoma Index-Tribune, November 15, 2021, “Sonoma Native, New Yorker Cartoonist Presents Murder Book” Ms. Campbell began contributing to The New Yorker in November of 2017. Visit her website here. ____________________________________________________________________ James Stevenson’s Lost And Found Lab Here’s a link to the website of The James Stevenson Lost And Found Lab. Mr. Stevenson’s
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