3 More Thurber At Auction The latest Swann Illustration auction catalog is now online. Among the work by New Yorker contributors Charles Addams, William Steig, Edward Sorel, George Price, Lee Lorenz, R.O. Blechman, Frank Modell, John Held, Jr., Barbara Shermund, Rea Irvin, Mischa Richter, C.E.M. (Charles E. Martin), and Richard Taylor, are 3 drawings by James Thurber. “Are there
Read more“New Yorker State Of Mind” On The New Yorker’s First Day Of Legal Beer Issue A Spill fave blog, A New Yorker State Of Mind: Reading Every Issue Of The New Yorker Magazine, fills us in on the how The New Yorker dealt with the return of legal beer in the Prohibition era. As always, much to look at, read,
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Do Numbers Matter? I’m not good with numbers, but I do enjoy numbering. For instance: I keep track of new New Yorker cartoonists as they enter the fold; I have a year-by-year list of who was published, and when their first drawing appeared in the magazine. It gives me some kind of anchoring satisfaction to glance at the list and
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Chris Weyant On The Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast The 50th New Yorker Caption Contest Podcast has been posted with Chris Weyant as the guest. Paul Nesja, Beth Lawler, and Vin Coca are the hosts. Hear it here. Chris Weyant began contributing to The New Yorker in 1998. Visit his website here. –Clockwise from top left: Paul Nesja, Beth Lawler, Chris
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