"Cartoonist" is unlikely to be counted among professionspromising excitement or adventure. After...Tonguette, Peter
…if you preferred the stronger stuff, you could take the advice of cartoonistPeter Arnoand Penn Maryland Whiskey, here making a play on words with the title of the 1925 novel (and Broadway play)Gentleman Prefer Blondes… …here’s Arno again, with a touching moment among the upper crust…...
John Donohue is an editor and cartoonist for the New Yorker magazine. He discovered a new job for himself when he became a father for the first time. “I started cooking a lot for my wife and the baby. It was a lot of fun,” he said. Now Mr. Donohue has published a book called...
We return toE.B. Whiteand his musings regarding actress and singerHelen Kane(1904–1966), who filed a $250,000 (equivalent to nearly $5 million in 2021) infringement lawsuit against cartoonistMax Fleischerand Paramount Studios, claiming that the popular Betty Boop character was based on Kane’s...
“There’s something about their delicate nature that crazily appeals to me,” says New Yorker cartoonist Roz Chast. Several years ago, she became interested in egg painting and learned the traditional Ukrainian technique to draw her very modern characters. “I’ve broken eg...
In Spring Offensive, Peter Winston, a young American out of work, unhappy in love and at odds with the isolationist mood in America, concludes “There was no place for him in his own country” and travels to England to enlist in the British Army. When he completes his training and ...
While New Yorker readers are relaxing with the cartoons, Mankoff pings and pongs, often with Will Shortz, the noted crossword puzzle editor. Mankoff's moves are half Wile E. Coyote and half scarecrow from "The Wizard of Oz." Bob Mankoff: Ping pong itself, there's something a little bit...
Richard Peter Johnson has been posting quizzes on Reddit where the shapes ofcountriesandU.S. statesare flipped, rotated and/or inverted and you’re challenged to identify them. It’s actually harder than you might think—especially when they’re inverted or mirror-flipped—and messes with you...
Columboexperienced something of a renaissanceduring the pandemic, with a new generation falling for the rugged, irresistible charms ofPeter Falk. Hastie revisits the series, a staple of 70s-era TV, with refreshing rigor and appreciation, tackling questions of stardom, authorship, and the role of ...
The Old Ways –The New Yorker David Remnick Drew Dernavich Paul Noth Bob Eckstein Ben Schwartz Matt Diffy Will McPhail More Longform Everything has to be Interesting The Mix of Stand-Up Comedy & Information Presenting Yourself to the World ...