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Report: Canada remains superb in all ways. I'm delighted to see all the swell posts created in my absence; sometimes it's nice not to be needed!
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The Wavy Rule, a Daily Comic by Paul Morris: Tilley Meets His Maker
Filed under: art, cartoons, comics, Eustace Tilley, Lee Lorenz, Rea Irvin, The Wavy Rule
As you might expect, since I just spent a number of months collecting material for a piece about Rea Irvin for PRINT, I am in love with all things Irvin. Paul--whom I thank in the piece because he's shared numerous invaluable resources and insights with me about Irvin's aesthetic--is as keen on the early years' co-genius as I am. About this cartoon, he writes: "Inspired by the photograph of Irvin in Lee Lorenz's wonderful The Art of The New Yorker. A must read." I agree. Sweet Knopf: Please bring it back into print! Click to enlarge.
More Paul Morris: "The Wavy Rule" archive; his very funny webcomic, "Arnjuice," a motley Flickr page, and beautifully off-kilter (and freely downloadable) cartoon collections at Lulu.
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I Wish I Could Limn-y Like My Sister Kate
Filed under: China, Cory Booker, Elizabeth Kolbert, energy, environment, labor, Newark, Peter J. Boyer, politics, video
As part of TNR TV's series about the new environmental movement, TNR reporter Dayo Olopade sits down with environmental activist Kate Gordon and policy specialist Bracken Hendricks to discuss whether "green jobs" can actually help solve the current economic crisis.Just in case you haven't read Elizabeth Kolbert's piece on the Danish carbon-footprint-reducers, by the way, it's really something special. (Warning: It will make you feel weird about flying.) The New Yorker has been doing a swell job upholding its reputation as a leading voice on the environmental crisis, I think. Its coverage of China has also been increasing dramatically, if I'm not mistaken--I can think of half a dozen recent pieces that are gradually mapping China's environmental, social, educational, athletic, architectural, financial, and musical life in intensely entertaining detail. (continued)
Everybody Loves Rea Irvin
Filed under: art, books, contests, covers, David Remnick, design, Dorothy Parker, Eustace Tilley, illustration, Joseph Mitchell, Kevin Fitzpatrick, Liza Donnelly, nonfiction, Rea Irvin, typography
That's the headline for a story by me in the hot-off-the-presses PRINT magazine, in a special issue on type. Ever wonder who was behind Eustace Tilley--and hundreds more iconic images and visual features (including the famed "Irvin type")--in the first decades of The New Yorker? There's so much more to say about this spectacular moment in graphic history, and particularly about what came before it, but this is a start. And it was incredibly fun to write. Since I had limited space to acknowledge the many people who provided documents and contacts for the story, I'll give three grateful cheers here to cartoonist Liza Donnelly and to Dorothy Parker Society sagamore Kevin Fitzpatrick. They have both been incredibly generous with their resources and thoughts.
Very soon, we'll run the contest I mentioned the other day. It's a doozy! And I'll tell you what our interns will be up to this summer, too. And if you haven't heard about this, here's some welcome news about two new Joseph Mitchell reissues, one of which has a new introduction by David Remnick. I can't agree that Mitchell "is perhaps most remembered not for his writing, but for not writing," but there's never anything wrong with new readers for this peerless writer of New York's proud populations, human, aqueous, and otherwise.
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We're Upgrading, and You May See Some Strangeness
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Emdashes is upgrading to a new version of Movable Type--hurrah!--and that means that for the next day or so, you may witness some weirdness on the site, and commenting may be temporarily unavailable. Don't worry! I suggest Sleepytime Tea, with a little brown sugar and milk. Yes, you can use soy milk. No, the bear is just dozing off naturally.
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Emdashes is upgrading to a new version of Movable Type--hurrah!--and that means that for the next day or so, you may witness some weirdness on the site, and commenting may be temporarily unavailable. Don't worry! I suggest Sleepytime Tea, with a little brown sugar and milk. Yes, you can use soy milk. No, the bear is just dozing off naturally.
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- Report: Learning to read with comic books edited by Françoise Mouly (for Print)
- Interview: Designer Eleanor Grosch (for Print)
- Review: Charles Addams: A Cartoonist's Life by Linda H. Davis (for Newsday)
- Review: The King's Gambit: A Son, a Father, and the World's Most Dangerous Game by Paul Hoffman (for Newsday)
- Review: Does The New Republic's recent redesign mean a change of tune? (for Print)
- Proposal: A more attractive MetroCard (for A Brief Message)
- Interview: James Surowiecki on what's next for the wisdom of crowds (for Assignment Zero)
- Report: Eustace Tilley spruces up for The New Yorker's website redesign (for Print)
- Feature: Muslim immigration iconography in the Netherlands (for Print)
- Review: books about various New Yorker cartoonists by Liza Donnelly and Iain Topliss (for Newsday)
- Profile: screenwriter and novelist Joe Keenan (for Newsday)
- Review: The Complete New Yorker (for Print)
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