I’m always interested in hearing every New Yorker cartoonist’s story of their first sale to the magazine. It’s a “moment” they’ll never forget. Here’s Victor Varnado talking about his.
Mr. Varnado’s first New Yorker cartoon appeared in the issue of July 8, 2019. Visit his website here.
And as long as we’re talking about Mr. Varnado…he’s Today’s Daily Cartoonist.
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Revisiting A Video Of Interest: Jenny Kroik
From The 92nd Street Y, this brief video of New Yorker cover artist, Jenny Kroik.
(The video originally posted in Feb of 2019, reposted by Viewing NYC June 12, 2020).
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The Spill has always had a soft spot for MAD and its artists; the magazine, as I’ve said before, surely inspired numerous budding New Yorker cartoonists (including this one) over the years, and in more recent times published a number of New Yorker artists.
Although Al Jaffee’s work never appeared in The New Yorker, he did submit covers a ways back (I remember seeing at least one terrific cover submission at a MoCCA gallery show in SoHo ages ago). Mr. Jaffee, who was responsible for MAD’s iconic fold-in, recently announced his retirement (at age 99). Below is his very last one. Read more (and see more) here on The Forward.
