Coming in June of this year from the terrif R.O. Blechman, One The One Hand/On The Other Hand: The Art & Graphic Stories Of R.O. Blechman/The Writing Of R.O. Blechman Published & Unpublished (Fantagraphics). Read far more here.
R.O. Blechman (photo: Hillsdale, NY, 2017. photo by Elwood Smith ). Born, New York, 1930. New Yorker work: Mr. Blechman is, among many other editorial and commercial pursuits, a cover artist for The New Yorker, with his first appearing on the issue of April 29, 1974.
His last cover, titled “Eustacia Tilley” appeared on the magazine’s anniversary issue of February 26, 1996. It was inspired by the magazine’s inaugural issue featuring Eustace Tilley.
And...currently, you can find Mr. Blechman’s piece, “Robert Burns’s Birthday” on the back page of The New York Times Book Review.
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Thurber Scarves!
Attempted Bloggery looks at Thurber product in the form of scarves. See the piece here.
Thurber’s entry on the Spill‘s A-Z:
James Thurber Born, Columbus, Ohio, December 8, 1894. Died 1961, New York City. New Yorker work: 1927 -1961, with several pieces run posthumously. According to the New Yorker’s legendary editor, William Shawn, “In the early days, a small company of writers, artists, and editors — E.B. White, James Thurber, Peter Arno, and Katharine White among them — did more to make the magazine what it is than can be measured.”
Key cartoon collection: The Seal in the Bedroom and Other Predicaments (Harper & Bros., 1932). Key anthology (writings & drawings): The Thurber Carnival (Harper & Row, 1945). There have been a number of Thurber biographies. Burton Bernstein’s Thurber (Dodd, Mead, 1975) and Harrison Kinney’s James Thurber: His Life and Times (Henry Holt & Co., 1995) are essential. A short bio appears on the Thurber House website here.
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The Tilley Watch Online
An end of week listing of New Yorker artists contributing to newyorker.com features
The Daily Cartoon: Harry Bliss, Peter Kuper (twice this week, with one a Bonus Daily), Adam Douglas Thompson, Hartley Lin, Kate Curtis.
Daily Shouts: Ellis Rosen, Liana Finck, Jeremy Nguyen (and Aimee Pong).
Video Dept.: Emma Allen & Lars Kenseth: “How To Draw Creepy Clowns”
Barry Blitt’s Kvetchbook: “Trump’s Boundless Benevolence”
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Today’s Daily Shouts Cartoonist
A Sunday Daily Shouts piece with Jeremy Nguyen (with Ginny Hogan): “Statistics I’ve Trusted Forever Without Verifying”
Mr. Nguyen began contributing to The New Yorker in February of 2017. Visit his website here.