Article Of Interest: Kenneth Mahood From The Daily Cartoonist, February 4, 2020, by D.D. Degg. “Kenneth Mahood Is A Senior Stripper” Mr. Mahood (shown above in a photo taken in 2013) contributed to The New Yorker from 1951 through 1996. Above center: a 1958 Mahood cartoon collection. Above right: a Mahood New Yorker cover, June 18, 1966. Below, his distinctive
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Hokinson Covers The Stage, Again; “Stop Thief!” David Sipress’s 2006 New Yorker Cartoon Appropriated; Today’s Daily Cartoonist & Cartoon (And Yesterday’s)
The other day I posted three Helen Hokinson covers for The Stage. Courtesy of collector extraordinaire, Warren Bernard, I’m now posting a fourth. How many more are out there? Here’s Ms. Hokinson’s Spill entry: Helen Hokinson Born, Illinois,1893; died, Washington, D.C., 1949. New Yorker work: 1925 -1949, with some work published posthumously. All of Hokinson’s collections are wonderful, but here
Read moreArticle Of Interest: Whitney Darrow, Jr. Profile In Feb 1950 American Artist; Not A “Disgruntled” Employee; Today’s Daily Cartoonist & Cartoon; Today’s Daily Shouts Cartoonist
Warren Bernard, frequent Spill supplier of New Yorker archival materials, has unearthed this fab February 1950 American Artist article on the late great New Yorker artist Whitney Darrow, Jr.. My thanks to Mr. Bernard for sharing it with us. As a bonus, there’s an ad featuring Mr. Darrow, Jr.’s favorite drawing paper. Whitney Darrow, Jr.’s entry on the Spill‘s A-Z:
Read moreJohn Cuneo’s Jason Polan Portrait; Today’s Daily Cartoonist & Cartoon
Here’s John Cuneo‘s terrific portrait of Jason Polan, who passed away on Monday. My thanks to Mr. Cuneo for permission to post it. ____________________________________________________________________________ Today’s Daily Cartoonist & Cartoon Peter Kuper on John Bolton. Mr. Kuper began contributing to The New Yorker in 2011. Visit his website here.
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