There are plenty of stories of Thurber drawing on the walls of The New Yorker‘s offices, but sadly, only a few of those drawings survived. Directly below you see some of them in their original location at 25 West 43rd Street (photo taken by Liza Donnelly years and years ago on the day she and I stopped in to see
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A Thurber Introduction To The Wizard Of Oz Just the other day a never-before-seen by-me 1960 paperback copy of The Wizard Of Oz turned up in a search. As you see, Introduction By James Thurber is featured on the paperback’s cover. On the copyright page there’s this: The piece, “The Wizard
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The Two Thurber Originals at The Society of Illustrators “Drawn From The New Yorker: A Centennial Celebration” Exhibit If you’re in New York City, here’s your chance to see two original Thurber drawings. As wonderful as it is to see a Thurber drawing in print, seeing one (or in this case, two) in-person is quite a treat. They appear as
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A Recent Addition: The Pacemaker It’s always the very best day when a James Thurber original arrives at Spill headquarters. The Seal In The Bedroom, Thurber’s first collection of drawings,* published in 1932, includes a series of thirty-five drawings under the heading of “The Race Of Life.” Thurber introduced the series, in part, this way: “This sequence of thirty-five drawings represents
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