The New Yorker covers: August 4, 1975

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.

Arthur Getz
(covers untitled until February 1993)

And now, a few words from . . . Jane Austen

The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.

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

"The Brook,"1907, John Singer Sargent

Movie Posters, 1961: Two adults, please, and a large popcorn!

Today in the history of the American comic strip: October 12

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.

10.12.1947: Pat Brady, the creator of Rose Is Rose, is born in Louisville, Kentucky. The strip, which launched in 1984, revolves around Rose and Jimbo Gumbo, their son Pasquale, and the family cat, Peekaboo.

 

10.12.2020: Cartoonist Jules Rivera takes over the legendary Mark Trail strip, which launched in 1946. The New York Times reports that Rivera “plans to to keep the focus on environmentalism, but give the stories and the Trail family — Mark, Rusty, Andy the dog, and Cherry — a modern sensibility.”

Rose Is Rose

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: December 9, 1967

I don’t get too excited about holidays, with one major exception. I’ve always had a warm spot in my heart for Christmas. The New Yorker has run many Christmas covers over the years, some of which, such as those by the late George Booth, are quite memorable.

Charles E. Martin
(covers untitled until February 1993)

And now, a few words from . . . Allen Saunders

Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans.

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

"Music Room," 1965, Edward Gordon

Movie Posters, 1942: Two adults, please, and a large popcorn!