According to Genius in Disguise , Thomas Kunkel’s must-read biography of The New Yorker’s founder and first editor, Harold Ross, Gluyas Williams “was the artistic equivalent of E.B. White, in that to Ross (and to thousands of fans) he simply could do no wrong.” In that same book (pp. 333-335) there’s a fun section about Ross’s “secret” project: running Mr.
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Harold Ross & “Specific People” New Yorker Covers
I was leafing through Thomas Kunkel’s book, Letters From the Editor (the Editor: The New Yorker’s founder and first editor, Harold Ross) when I came upon the one letter in the book to Rea Irvin (Irvin was The New Yorker’s art consultant from the magazine’s inception through 1952). Written in May
Read moreSipress Sees The Birds; Feiffer, Katchor, Burns, Tomorrow, Mankoff & more at Small Press Expo; Books on the Horizon
From newyorker.com, August 27, 2014: “A Fear of The Birds“ — a piece by the cartoonist, David Sipress. _________________________________________________________________________________________________ From Michael Cavna’s Washington Post “Comic Riffs” column, August 27, 2014, “SPX 2014: From alt-weeklies to web-comics, Small Press Expo announces its programming slate” Among those scheduled to appear are Ben Katchor, Tom Tomorrow, Jules Feiffer,
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