Podcast Of Interest With Paul Noth
Paul Noth is the guest on episode 92 of the podcast, Authentic Obsessions. Mr. Noth began contributing to The New Yorker in 2004. Listen here.
Visit Paul Noth’s website here.
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Attempted Bloggery On Ronald Searle’s Debut As An Illustrator
Attempted Bloggery shines a light on the late great artist’s debut in “Ronald Searle: Co-Operation In A University Town.”
Mr. Searle’s A-Z Entry:
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Ronald Searle Born, Cambridge, England March 3, 1920. Died, December 30, 2011, Draguignan, France. Steven Heller, who wrote Searle’s obit for The New York Times (Jan 4, 2012) said Searle’s “outlandishly witty illustrations for books, magazine covers, newspaper editorial pages and advertisements helped define postwar graphic humor…”
New Yorker work (including covers and cartoons): November 12, 1966 – August 19, 2002.
An interesting tribute site: ronaldsearle.blogspot.com/
Searle’s wikipedia entry: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Searle
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Tilley Buzz: This Week’s New Yorker Cover
Here’re a number of stories about this week’s cover by R. Kikuo Johnson:
From India Times, September 3, 2024, “This US Magazine Cover Goes Viral, Sparks Debate On Racism: From ‘Subtly Brilliant’ To ‘Terrible'”
From USA Today, September 3, 2024, “What Is The New Yorker Cover this Week? Why The Illustration Has The Internet Reacting”
From Distractify, September 3. 2024, “The New Yorker Nanny Cover Creates Quite A Stir — What Do You Think?”
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Note: The Tilley Buzz bee was inspired by Rea Irvin’s Alexander Woollcott insect on this 1926 New Yorker in-house parody issue
