The Ritz Carltons features illustrations by Rea Irvin, inventor of the New Yorker’s signature character, Eustace Tilley; Heart in a Hurricane features illustrations by Ralph Barton, whose work graced New Yorker covers nearly as often as Irvin’s and Peter Arno’s in the Twenties. And both bo...
In early 1931 Arno moved to Reno, Nevada, which granted quick divorces to anyone who took up residency for five months. According to a 2016 book written byNew YorkercartoonistMichael Maslin(Peter Arno: The Mad, Mad World of The New Yorker’s Greatest Cartoonist), Arno found more trouble in...
The New Yorkerwas slow to embrace sound—in reviews of early talkies, criticJohn Mosherfound the technology stultifying in both dialogue and action, but as equipment and techniques improved he came to embrace the new medium.E.B. White, however, still missed the silent theatre, and the strains...
Much of the acclaim must go to the three actors cast in the central roles and Gyllenhaal is top of his game in the leading role. As cartoonist Robert Graysmith he is the main hero and the person who spearheads the investigation, prompting disbelievers to listen to him. Gyllenhaal is sensit...
Jumping ahead a couple of years,New YorkercartoonistPeter Arnooffered this view of passenger flight (in a Fokker F-10), the passengers in this case a bunch of silly toffs (April 12, 1930). And back to the June 2, 1928 issue, we find this ad for Rolls Royce that offered a vision of...
…William Steigcontinued his exploration into the world of the Small Fry, offering up a rare image of baseball in the earlyNew Yorker… …and we close the May 14 issue withIsadore Klein,and one sidewalk salesman looking for a bonafide endorsement… ...
…William Crawford Galbraithgave us a sugar daddy without a clue… …E. McNerneyshowed us another pair that begged the question “what comes next?”… …thisMary Pettycartoon recallsCarl Rose’sfamous “I say its spinach” cartoon—and Mamma has every right to say “the hell with it” in...
…New YorkercartoonistJohn Held Jr.picked up some extra bucks by designing this ad for Chase and Sanborn’s… …and on to our other cartoonists/illustrators,Reginald Marshwrapped this busy dance hall scene around a section of “The Talk of the Town”… ...
Around this time Long was preparing to divorce husband (and New Yorker cartoonist) Peter Arno after a brief, tempestuous marriage… * * * From Our Advertisers In those depressed days the makers of Buick automobiles decided to look to a brighter future, imaging how the boys of the present ...