Ward Sutton’s been guest editing SPD’s blog all week, conducting short interviews with some familiar names. Go see! Link to Mr. Sutton’s website. ______________________________________________ Back in February, Ink Spill noted an exhibit of illustrated album covers at the Rhode Island School of Design. Paul Karasik(who teaches at RISD) sent in these photos of the William Steig covers on display.
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Fave Photo of the Day: Ware & Eckstein; RISD exhibits Album Covers
From Bob Eckstein’s Facebook post, this photo of he and Chris Ware at the Chicago Cultural Center’s film premiere of Hairy Who. (photo by Meg Handler Photography) ______________________________________________________________________________ From The Providence Journal, February 8, 2015, “RISD exhibit: Album covers were just another canvas for artists” — this story about a current exhibition of album
Read moreRegan Arts to Publish Maslin Peter Arno Biography, Mad At Something
I’m pleased to announce that Mad At Something, my biography of the late and very great New Yorker cartoonist, Peter Arno will be published by Regan Arts. Arno is one of the pillars of The New Yorker‘s earliest days, a group that includes Harold Ross, E.B. White, Katharine White, and James Thurber. Ross, the magazine’s founder and first
Read moreAuction of Interest: Swann Offers Numerous New Yorker Cartoons; Covers Calendar Noted; Video: Mankoff on Science of Humor
Swann’s upcoming auction on January 22nd is chock full of New Yorker cartoons, with work by a number of the magazine’s giants. Cartoons on the block by Steinberg, Mischa Richter, Barbara Shermund, William Steig, Richard Taylor, Edward Sorel, Victoria Roberts, Charles Addams, Helen Hokinson, Rea Irvin, and Peter Arno. Below: a beautiful early Steig included in the auction. Link here
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