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An Art Spiegelman Documentary
Disaster Is My Muse is an in-progress documentary film about Art Spiegelman, who began contributing to The New Yorker in 1992. Visit the film’s website here where you can view a “sizzle reel” that includes another New Yorker contributor, Robert Crumb, as well as the magazine’s current cover editor, Francoise Mouly.
–above photo of Mr. Spiegelman is a screen grab off of the reel.
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Gluyas Williams On Being A Cartoonist
In 1932 an aspiring cartoonist wrote to the great New Yorker artist Gluyas Williams (pictured) asking for an autograph. Here’s how Mr. Williams responded:
Dear Tom Sanders —
I am very glad to send you my autograph, and I hope that you will realize your ambition of becoming a cartoonist. It’s lots of fun (at times) to be one; but there are lots of days when I’d rather be a brick layer.
Cordially,
Gluyas Williams
February 9, 1932
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Mr. Williams A-Z Entry:
Gluyas Williams Born, San Francisco, 1888. Died, Boston, Mass., 1982. One of the pillars of Harold Ross’s stable of artists, and one of Ross’s favorite cartoonists. His beautiful full page drawings were a regular feature in the magazine. Mr. Williams illustrated a number of Robert Benchley’s collections, providing the cover art as well as illustrations. New Yorker work: March 13, 1926 – Aug 25, 1951. Key collections: The Gluyas Williams Book ( Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1929), The Gluyas Williams Gallery (Harper, 1956).