First And Last: William Hamilton
A series of quick looks at an artist’s very first New Yorker cartoon and their last
William Hamilton, a New Yorker cartoonist mainstay for forty-eight years, owned one of the most recognizable styles (and signatures!) in the magazine’s stable of artists.
Here’s his very first New Yorker drawing, from the issue of April 3, 1965. Appropriately enough, the subject is money. Mr. Hamilton’s work was, for the most part, concerned with the wealthy and wealth.
His last New Yorker cartoon appeared March 25, 2013.
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William Hamilton’s A-Z:
William Hamilton Born 1939, Palo Alto, Ca. Died, Lexington, Kentucky, April 8, 2016. New Yorker work: April 3, 1965 – March 25, 2013. Collections of his work include: The Antisocial Register (1974), Terribly Nice People (1975), Money Should Be Fun (1979) and The Men Will Fear You, and the Women Will Adore You (1986).