The New Yorker covers: April 28, 1928

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.

Julian de Miskey
(covers untitled until February 1993)

And now, a few words from . . . M. F. K. Fisher

Probably one of the most private things in the world is an egg until it is broken.

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

“The Hunchback of Notre-Dame,” 1881, Luc-Olivier Merson

Movie Posters, 1944: Two adults, please, and a large popcorn!

Today in the history of the American comic strip: October 7

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.

10.7.1945: Silly Symphony is cancelled. Launched in 1932 as Silly Symphonies, it featured adaptations of Walt Disney cartoons and animated films.
 

10.7.1989: Fifteen years after Roy Crane's Buz Sawyer abandoned the Sunday comics, the daily strip is eliminated as well.

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.

Review: "The Silent Appeal," Janice Hallett

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The New Yorker covers: August 10, 2026

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.

Eric Drooker
"Outside Art"

And now, a few words from . . . Charles Barkley

The only difference between a good shot and a bad one is if it goes in or not.

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

"Farm at Watendlath," 1921, Dora Carrington