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Political Conventions: A Snapshot From 1968
Filed under: Cartoon Bank, James Stevenson, newyorker.com, politics
Benjamin Chambers writes:
What with the Democratic Convention going on and all, it was highly serendipitous to find a two-page spread of great cartoons entitled "Political Conventions" by James Stevenson in the August 25, 1968 issue of The New Yorker. I couldn't find them among Stevenson's work at the Cartoon Bank, so I've uploaded a couple of my favorites below. (For the complete set, I'm afraid you'll have to reach for the Complete New Yorker.) Stevenson has always been one of my favorite cartoonists; click here for a very thorough profile of his artistic career. (More after the jump.)
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Dorothy Parker (& Her Society) Will Always Be Newsworthy
Filed under: Dorothy Parker, Dorothy Parker Society, Kevin Fitzpatrick
Martin Schneider writes:
City Scoops, a periodical that can be found in some of our city's most luxurious lobbies, has a swell two-pager by Larry Getlen on the DPS, run by our friend Kevin Fitzgerald. Click here to read it on pages 8 and 9 of the pdf file (click on the Marsalis image, at least until the next issue comes out). The pdf file itself can be found here.
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Benjamin Chambers writes:
Might just be me, but I don't hear people grumble as much as I used to about "truth in advertising." Maybe it's because nobody expects it anymore. As with campaign finance reform, we all wish it could happen, but are afraid to admit we could be so childishly naive.
Well, be careful what you wish for there, in the secret spaces of the heart. Here's a couple of examples from the October 1, 1966 issue of The New Yorker of why honesty might not always be the best policy. (More after the jump.)
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Bad News, Good News, Good News, News That May Strike You Either Way
Filed under: books, contests, design, fiction, in memoriam, magazines, punctuation
Bad news: Nikos (as I now believe it's spelled), the magazine shop whose politically minded employees I reminisced about not long ago, is closing. I am sad about this in a way I can't process just now.
Good news: smart young blogger folks who can't wait to get magazines in the mail. Good news: this list in the Times of London of brilliant boarding school novels, including When JFK Was My Father, written by Amy Gordon, my warm and talented aunt.
News that may strike you either way: I'm going to Quebec till the 17th, so until then, posts will mainly be others, including the extremely promising interns; Martin "The Squib Report" Schneider, who is particularly busy at the moment, so he may be a bit mum as well; the erudite Benjamin "The Katharine Wheel" Chambers; and, of course, Paul "The Wavy Rule" Morris, who will continue to delight you daily.
If you find yourself without enough to think about over the next week, try your hand at Emdashes' exclusive upside-down question-mark naming contest, which is getting very thrilling, and is open to further entries till August 25. ¿Clever? I know you are! When I get back, I'll check out the new submissions, and by then, it'll be the crucial last week of competition. This won't be easy!
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Benjamin Chambers writes:
What did the future look like back in 1964? Here's a clue: this rather puzzling cartoon by Alan Dunn (click to see it full-size) from the October 3, 1964 issue of The New Yorker.
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- Review: The Complete New Yorker (for Print)
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