Daily Cartoonist A pandemic pet, from Zoe Si, who began contributing to The New Yorker in February of 2020. __________________________________________________________ From Attempted Bloggery, results of two recent auctions of original art by two great New Yorker artists: William Steig, and Whitney Darrow, Jr.. William Steig’s A-Z entry: William Steig (photo above) Born in Brooklyn, NY, Nov.
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Daily Cartoonist & Cartoon Yesterday’s Daily Cartoon was by veteran New Yorker contributor Liza Donnelly. Ms. Donnelly’s first New Yorker cartoon appeared in 1982. Visit her website here. Ms. Donnelly’s must-have book, Very Funny Ladies (with a foreward by Emma Allen & David Remnick) will be out this November. Some text from the publisher: An anthology of funny, poignant, and
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Alan Dunn’s New Yorker War Cartoons Cover Alan Dunn might be best remembered for his signature densely styled charcoal and grease pencil drawings that appeared for nearly a half-century in the New Yorker, from 1926 through 1974. Or he might be remembered as the most prolific New Yorker artist with the most published cartoons until William Steig overtook him
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It’s a funny thing: in all these years of mentioning Thurber’s classic “What have you done with Dr. Millmoss?” as a life-changer when I was about 16 (most recently in last night’s Norman Rockwell live stream) I’ve always failed to mention that my first encounter with Thurber was several years earlier, when my 10th grade English class was instructed to
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