Looking through very old newspaper articles yesterday I came upon an ad for Thurber’s Dogs, a 1955 collection of Thurber dog-centric writings and drawings (the first edition is shown above). I love the simplicity of this ad: Here are some other editions through the years: Speaking of Thurber dogs, I was going through a box of New Yorkers the other
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Here’s a rainy (snowy in some parts) day audio piece. Taped in 1944 for CBS radio: Robert Benchley reads James Thurber’s classic, “The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty” (the story originally appeared in The New Yorker, March 18, 1939). ___________________________________________________________________________ James Thurber Born, Columbus, Ohio, December 8, 1894. Died 1961, New York City. New Yorker work: 1927 -1961, with several pieces
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One of the most persistent myths in The New Yorker cartooniverse is that most New Yorker cartoonists in the early days (whatever that means) did not write their own ideas, that they depended on writers for their supply. The truth is (and I have a feeling this will not be the last time I say this on this site) that
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As I continue my revisit through Harrison Kinney’s massive biography of James Thurber, I continue to find moments I overlooked the first time I read it. A for instance: On page 853, Mr. Kinney quotes E.B. White’s review of The Thurber Carnival in PM (the issue of January 4, 1945): “The book contains the picture of the woman speaking into
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