The New Yorker covers: July 31, 1971

Over the years, there have been many magazines whose covers have featured the work of highly talented artists and illustrators. But probably no magazine has had more varied and memorable covers, over a longer period of time, than The New Yorker, which was founded in 1925.

Saul Steinberg
(covers untitled until February 1993)

And now, a few words from . . . Voltaire

Let us read and let us dance — two amusements that will never do any harm to the world.

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

"The Servant in the Courtyard," ca. 1660, Pieter de Hooch

Movie Posters, 1929: Two adults, please, and a large popcorn!

Today in the history of the American comic strip: July 27

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.

7.27.2016: Richard Thompson, creator of the much-celebrated Cul de Sac (2004-2012), dies from complications of Parkinson’s disease. He was only 58 years old.

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 New Yorker covers: November 18, 1961

The New Yorker isn’t Sports Illustrated, of course. But a fair number of sports, from basketball and baseball to golf and hockey, have graced the magazine's covers in one form or another since its founding in 1925. 

Abe Birnbaum
(covers untitled until February 1993)

And now, a few words from . . . Eve Arnold

What do you hang on the walls of your mind?

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

"The Upland Stream," no date, Walter Launt Palmer

Movie Posters, 1955: Two adults, please, and a large popcorn!