From Mike Lynch’s site, courtesy of Dick Buchanan, here’s a fun post of some color cartoon work from a variety of magazines. Included, among others, are New Yorker artists, William Steig, Garrett Price, Stan Hunt, William Von Riegen, Gahan Wilson, and Robert Day. See them all here! _____________________________________________________________________________ Jane Mattimoe has posted two short audio clips of the great
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A Thurber Poster (and A Steig Poster & A Soglow Poster): Book of Interest: Wertz’s Tenements, Towers & Trash
The other day I Spilled a beautiful Peter Arno poster being auctioned by the Swann Galleries; here are three more posters by three great New Yorker artists: James Thurber, Otto Soglow and William Steig. All took a turn illustrating a poster for the Washington Square Art Show. Thurber’s was for the 1935 exhibit, Soglow’s for 1930, and Steig’s for 1933.
Read more50 Years Ago in The New Yorker
Every so often I like to take a look at a random issue of The New Yorker from well before my time there, or well before my time, period. This issue, of April 29, 1967 is solidly in the former category. The New Yorker was not yet on my mind — I was in fact, just about to begin transitioning
Read moreCartoonist Photos via Mike Lynch
Here’s a fun way to end the week: browsing through all 14 of the Cartoonist Photo links on Mike Lynch’s blog. Part 14 is up today, with links to the other 13 parts following the post. There are a small number of New Yorker cartoonists throughout — here are just three: left to right:
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