The New Yorker covers: May 26, 1986

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.

Paul Degen
(covers untitled until February 1993)

And now, a few words from . . . Albert Einstein

There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.

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

"Evening on the North Shore," 1924, Clarence Gagnon

Movie Posters, 1962: Two adults, please, and a large popcorn

Today in the history of the American comic strip: October 24

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.

10.24.1938: A Charlie Chan strip drawn by Alfred Andriola starts its run, which ended in May 1942.

10.24.1977: Bill Hoest, creator of The Lockhorns, unveils Agatha Crumm, a strip about the eccentric, elderly owner of the Crumm Cookie Company. The comic ran until 1996.

10.24.1982: The Sunday Star Trek strip, which debuted in 1979 along with a daily feature, is canceled.

10.24.1999: The football gag appears for the last time in Charles M. Schulz's Peanuts, which ended its 50-year run the following year. Schulz died on Feb. 12, 2000.

Peanuts

  

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: June 9, 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.

 

Paul Degen
(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

“Sita and Sarita,” 1921, Cecilia Beaux

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