Liza Donnelly’s “History Of the New Yorker Cartoon” At The 92NY
New Yorker historian (Very Funny Ladies: The New Yorker’s Women Cartoonists), and long-time New Yorker cartoonist, Liza Donnelly, will be teaching two classes at the 92NY (formerly the 92nd St. Y) next week and the following. Link here to Register.
Ms. Donnelly posted the following on social media the other day:
Hey everyone. I want to tell you about a virtual class I’m teaching. I’m very excited about it. It will be given over two evenings and will dive into the history of The New Yorker cartoon, from 1925-present. Sponsored by the 92NY in NYC, this class is part of their amazing new education program called Rountable. You may be aware that I wrote a book about the history of women cartoonists of the magazine, Very Funny Ladies—this is not that. This class is about the general population of cartoonists and how the art form that we love came to be.
I love looking at cartoons and observing how they tell us about ourselves. They are a cultural roadmap of who we were and who we are.
Cartoons (or “drawings” as they were called in the magazine originally, until recent history) and humor often rely on the known, the given, of a culture in order to twist off of. This is what elicits a laugh. So, many cartoons from eighty years ago might not be understandale because they were of a different time. However, some are. Many show us our dark past. Some show us our present is like the past—in good ways and bad.
— Image shown above: a spread from the very first issue of The New Yorker, February 21, 1925, showing the very first New Yorker cartoon, by Al Frueh.
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