The Very First Published Thurber Drawing Edwin T. Bowden’s James Thurber: A Bibliography, the must-have book for Thurbermaniacs tells us that Thurber’s very first published drawing in a periodical, shown above*, was in Ohio State University’s Sun-Dial, November, 1917. It was followed by seven more drawings in the same paper, the last appearing March 7, 1918. The timeline for Thurber’s
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David Remnick Laughs Mr. Remnick, The New Yorker‘s editor, was a guest on Inside The Hill the other day. See his reaction when presented with a couple of cartoon ideas by a couple of cartoon characters (the cartoon section begins at the 3:40 mark). _____________________________________________________________________________ Thurber Prize Finalists Announced ____________________________________________________________________________ The Latest Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast Guest:
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A New Cartoon Collection From Nick Downes From Humorist Books, Polly Wants A Lawyer! from Nick Downes, who began contributing to The New Yorker since 1998. As Emma Allen, The New Yorker’s cartoon editor says in her blurb on the book’s back cover, Mr. Downes’s drawings are “fabulously bizarre, twisted and sometimes macabre.” Link here to Nick Downes’s website.
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Hilary Campbell’s Gallery Show “Today: 10 Years Of Cartooning” Thursday Hilary Campbell, who began contributing to The New Yorker in 2017, is interviewed here about Thursday’s opening at ArtsClub. Visit her website. Her new book, out January 10, is What Did I Do Today? ______________________________________________________________ Latest Cartoon Caption Contest Pod It’s always fun to hear The Cartoon Caption
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