A Great Cartoonist…Arnie Levin Arnie Levin, in my humble opinion, is one of the great post-James Geraghty era New Yorker cartoonists. Levin arrived at the magazine in 1974, not long after Lee Lorenz was appointed The New Yorker‘s art editor (back then the art editor’s duties included editing cartoons, covers, spot drawings, and illustrations — in other words: all art).
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An Alajalov Marx Brothers Ad Steve Stoliar, who knows his Marx Brothers, posted this terrif 1931 Monkey Business ad the other day. The artist: Alajalov Alajalov’s A-Z entry: Constantin Alajalov Born Constantin Aladjalov, 1900, Rostov-on-the-Don, Russia. Died Oct., 1987, Amenia, New York. New Yorker work: 1926 -1960. Perhaps best known for his New Yorker covers ( he also
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Reminder: Paul Karasik At Rizzoli This Monday Paul Karasik will be speaking about, and signing, Paul Auster’s The New York Trilogy this Monday. Mr. Karasik began contributing to The New Yorker in 1999. Visit his website here. _________________________________________________________ Gretchen Dow Simpson’s New York Times Obit The New York Times has published an obit for Gretchen
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The Tilley Watch Online, April 14-18, 2025 An end of the week listing of New Yorker artists whose work has appeared on newyorker.com features Daily Cartoon: Dan Misdea, Ivan Ehlers, Adam Douglas Thompson, Tom Toro, Ali Solomon. Daily Cartoon Slideshow Cartoon Highlights 1956-1965 _________________________________________________________________ Personal History: Revisiting Crumb The publication this week of Dan Nadel’s Crumb: A Cartoonist’s Life,
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