James Montgomery Flagg’s Thurber
Came across this portrait of Thurber by one of the biggest names in American illustration of yore, James Montgomery Flagg. Is it just my imagination, or did Flagg’s style get in the way of capturing his subject.
James Thurber’s A-Z Spill entry:
James Thurber Born, Columbus, Ohio, December 8, 1894. Died 1961, New York City. New Yorker work: 1927 -1961, with several pieces run posthumously. According to the New Yorker’s legendary editor, William Shawn, “In the early days, a small company of writers, artists, and editors — E.B. White, James Thurber, Peter Arno, and Katharine White among them — did more to make the magazine what it is than can be measured.”
Key cartoon collection: The Seal in the Bedroom and Other Predicaments (Harper & Bros., 1932). Key anthology (writings & drawings): The Thurber Carnival (Harper & Row, 1945). There have been a number of Thurber biographies. Burton Bernstein’s Thurber (Dodd, Mead, 1975) and Harrison Kinney’s James Thurber: His Life and Times (Henry Holt & Co., 1995) are essential. A short bio appears on the Thurber House website.
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Latest Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast Guest: Felipe Galindo
Vin Coca, Beth Lawler, and Paul Nesja interview the wonderful Felipe Galindo (aka feggo) on the latest episode. Listen here.
Mr. Galindo began contributing to The New Yorker in 2002. Visit his website here.
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Steinberg Exhibit Of Interest
From inexhibit.com, October 20, 2021, “The Unmistakable Sign of Saul Steinberg Is on Display at the Triennale Milano”
Steinberg’s A-Z Spill entry:
Saul Steinberg Born, June 15, 1914, Ramnic-Sarat, Rumania. Died in 1999. New Yorker work: 1941 – (The New Yorker publishes his work posthumously). Steinberg is one of the giants of The New Yorker. Go here to visit the Saul Steinberg Foundation where you’ll find essential information and examples of his work.
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Barbara Smaller At The Chief-Leader
From The Daily Cartoonist, October 20, 2021, “Barbara Smaller and the Chief-Leader Join Forces”
Ms. Smaller has been contributing to The New Yorker since 1996.
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…From Medium, October 20, 2021, “The Folly Of Fall” — Liza Donnelly shows us cartoons from a favorite season.
…Joe Dator’s just released Inked gets a terrif review from The New York Journal of Books.