A J.C. Duffy Promotional Video
Here’s a two-and-a-half minute slideshow of J.C. Duffy’s work on Curated Cartoons (where you can buy original New Yorker cartoon art). Mr. Duffy created the video and also provided his own original music. He began contributing to The New Yorker in 1998.
I believe that the very first meta-New Yorker cartoon was drawn by Mr. Duffy. It appeared in the Halloween issue of 2011.
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Latest Addition To The Spill Archives: Gomez Addams
As mentioned here a few days ago, Burger King has made six (nicely realized) Addams Family figures available with the purchase of its Jr meal. I stopped by our local BK the other day and walked out with Gomez Addams. One down, five to go.
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Charles Addams A-Z Entry:
Charles Addams Born in Westfield, New Jersey, January 7, 1912. Died September 29, 1988, New York City. New Yorker work: 1932 – 1988 * the New Yorker has published his work posthumously. One of the giants of The New Yorker’s stable of artists. Key cartoon collections: While all of Addams’ collections are worthwhile, here are three that are particular favorites; Homebodies (Simon & Schuster, 1954), The Groaning Board (Simon & Schuster, 1964), Creature Comforts (Simon & Schuster, 1981). In 1991 Knopf published The World of Chas Addams, a retrospective collection. A biography, Charles Addams: A Cartoonist’s Life, by Linda Davis, was published in 2006 by Random House. Visit the Addams Foundation website for far more information : charlesaddams.com
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Substack Debut Of Interest: Tina Brown’s “Fresh Hell”
From The New York Times, October 15, 2024, “Tina Brown, The Queen of Legacy Media, Takes Her Diary to Substack”
— Ms. Brown was editor of The New Yorker from 1992 to 1998. As such, she was the final word on the choice of the magazine’s cartoons and covers through those years.
The title of Tina Brown’s new Substack, Fresh Hell, refers to a well-known quotation generally attributed to New Yorker wit Dorothy Parker, although it does not appear in her published writings. When her doorbell rang, she would ask, “What fresh hell can this be?” or “What fresh hell is this?” The latter was used as the title for her 1988 biography by Marion Meade.