Perry Barlow (covers untitled until February 1993) |
An Agony in Eight Fits
"Just the place for a Snark!" the Bellman cried . . . .
Saturday, April 27, 2024
The New Yorker covers: July 16, 1938
The (old) Down East covers: April 1985
Ever since its founding in 1954, Down East has billed itself as “the magazine of Maine.” There are other Maine-centered mags, but Down East remains the most prominent of the bunch. Nowadays, the Rockport-based monthly features glossy, memorable cover photos, but there's a lot to be said for the charming, old-timey look of covers from the publication’s early decades.
Robert Stebleton, "Monhegan Dories"
Today in the history of the American comic strip: April 27
4.27.1958: Rick O’Shay, a Western strip created by Stan Lynde, debuts with a Sunday strip. A daily feature began about two months later.
4.27.2016: The Library of American Comics releases the first of three volumes reprinting the Silly Symphonies comic strip, which ran from 1932 to 1942 as an adaptation of the animated short films produced by Walt Disney Productions from 1929 to 1939.
4.27.2020: Mark Tatulli, who launched Heart of the City in 1998, turns the strip over to Christina “Steenz” Stewart, whose drawing style is quite different than Tatulli’s. The switch makes Stewart one of the few female African-American cartoonists with a mainstream newspaper strip.
4.27.2020: The New York Times runs a story about the COVID-19 pandemic finally working its way into daily comic strips, based on interviews with several cartoonists. They include Mark Tatulli (Lio), Ray Billingsley (Curtis), Bill Hinds (Tank McNamara), Tony Carrillo (F Minus), Lalo Alcaraz (La Cucaracha) and Stephan Pastis (Pearls Before Swine).
The birth of an artist: April 27
Friday, April 26, 2024
The New Yorker covers: July 25, 1925
H.O. Hofman (covers untitled until February 1993) |
The (old) Down East covers: June 1975
Ever since its founding in 1954, Down East has billed itself as “the magazine of Maine.” There are other Maine-centered mags, but Down East remains the most prominent of the bunch. Nowadays, the Rockport-based monthly features glossy, memorable cover photos, but there's a lot to be said for the charming, old-timey look of covers from the publication’s early decades.
Claude Montgomery, untitled