Review: "The Queens of Crime," Marie Benedict

 

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The New Yorker covers: November 28, 1942

The New Yorker ran many covers related to or inspired by World War II. While some of these covers carried a sober message, others used humor to illustrate interesting situations involving military personnel or civilians, at home or abroad.

Constantin Alajalov
(covers untitled until February 1993)

And now, a few words from . . . H. Jackson Brown Jr,

Never make fun of someone who speaks broken English. It means they have another language.

"What is art but a way of seeing?" Saul Bellow

“The Horseman in the Park of St. Claude,” 1906, Wassily Kandinsky

Movie Posters, 1999: Two adults, please, and a large popcorn!

Today in the history of the American comic strip: April 3

American cartoonists and writers may not have invented the comic strip, but some argue that the comics, as we know them today, are an American creation. Clearly, the United States has played an outsize role in the development of this underappreciated art form.

4.3.1885: Bud Fisher, the creator of Mutt and Jeff, is born in Chicago, Illinois. Over the years, several cartoonists drew the strip, which remained in syndication until the 1980s. Fisher is a member of the National Cartoonists Society's Hall of Fame.

Most of the information listed here from one day to the next comes from two online sites -- Wikipedia, and Don Markstein's Toonopedia -- as well as 100 Years of American Newspaper Comics, edited by Maurice Horn. Note that my focus is on American newspaper comic strips (and the occasional foreign strip that gained popularity in the United States). Thus, comic books and exclusively online comics are not included here.

The birth of an artist: April 3

 

Sandra Boynton
April 3, 1953