You’re Kidding, Right? Here’s what the cover of the original edition of James Thurber’s Let Your Mind Alone! looks like. It was published exactly eighty-four years and one day ago (for those not wanting to do the math: September 8, 1937). I think it’s quite a beautiful cover, but then I think almost every Thurber book cover is beautiful. Here
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New ToonStack: “Cartoons That Predicted The Future” From ToonStack, a gathering of (mostly) New Yorker contributors, this latest post: “Cartoons That Predicted The Future” This week’s New Yorker artists are: Ellis Rosen, Amy Kurzweil, J.A.K., Navied Mahdavian, Ali Solomon, and Victor Varnado. ________________________________________________________________________ Latest Cartoon Pad Guest: Victoria Roberts Victoria Roberts is the guest on the brand new episode of
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Michael Gerber, the fellow who’s behind the wonderful humor magazine The American Bystander, has unveiled a new website, The 251, “dedicated to publishing prose 251 words or shorter, and cartoons that don’t take longer than four seconds to figure out.” (above: Tom Chitty‘s design for the 251) By the way, if you love cartoon elephants, you’ll be thrilled by this
Read moreAn end of week listing of New Yorker artists (both print and those exclusive to newyorker.com) contributing to online features The Daily Cartoon: Yasin Osman*, J.A.K., Adam Douglas Thompson, Millie von Platen*, Brendan Loper. Daily Shouts: Eugenia Viti (& Ginny Hogan) …and: Barry Blitt’s Kvetchbook: “Trump Jumps The Shark” From The Culture Desk, Andy Friedman’s “The Return of Kathleen Edwards”
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