1968 portrait via Wikimedia Commons I was such an unusual little child; receiving a subscription to The New Yorker magazine as a gift from an aunt when I was 10 years old. She knew. I started with the cartoons, but by the time I was 12, I was also devoted to the theatre and … [Read more...]
#QueerQuote: “I Was Looking for Beauty With a Capital B. & I Couldn’t Find It In Indiana.” – Janet Flanner
Flanner by Berenice Abbott, 1925, public domain Hey kids, have I ever mentioned that I have had a perpetual subscription to The New Yorker for 57 years? My aunt gave me a year's worth of the magazine for my birthday when 10 years old. Rather heady stuff for one so young, and … [Read more...]
“Bruce McCall’s New York” is a Fantastical View of the City He’s Depicted on 75 New Yorker Covers
An exhibit at The New York Historical Society is showcasing the fantastically humorous work of the prolific artist, Bruce McCall. Bruce McCall’s New York presents visions of NYC where pterodactyls fly down Central Park West, King Kongs wait to audition for the role … [Read more...]
Think None Will Miss Trump? After 20+ New Yorker Covers, Barry Blitt Might…
They all laughed and said "NO WAY!" Since 1992 cartoonist and illustrator Barry Blitt has done more than a hundred covers for The New Yorker, 20+ (I lost count) of ex-POTUS Donald J. Trump. In 2020, Blitt won the Pulitzer Prize for editorial cartooning, for work that … [Read more...]
#MustRead: A Story for Our Time by Gay Writer, Allan Gurganus
Allan Gurganus is one of my favorite writers. His short story Minor Hero (1974) was the first story The New Yorker ever published with a gay main character (the magazine's founder Harold Ross had instructed his staff that there was no such thing as a homosexual). You might … [Read more...]
#NewYorker: 11 Conspiracy Theories That Never Really Caught On –”Lana Del Ray Was the Gerber Baby”…
Some conspiracy theories just take hold more than others. Here are 11 The New Yorker magazine unearthed that never made it into the mainstream. Vaccinations make your … [Read more...]
Padma Lakshmi Hilariously Claps Back After Being Mistaken for Priyanka Chopra
Padma Lakshmi is perhaps often been confused for actress Priyanka Chopra. (Two of the most beautiful women in the world, so it's no … [Read more...]
#RIP: Illustrious Illustrator of Creepy Cartoons, Gahan Wilson
Photo from AZCentral screen-grab Gahan Wilson is gone at 89 years old. Wilson was a prolific cartoonist with a penchant for probing the pitch-dark, puzzling corners of the human mind. I became a big fan after discovering his work in my father's hidden Playboy magazines; … [Read more...]
Andy Borowitz on Elitism –”The President of the United States SHOULD Be Smarter Than I Am.” Watch.
I quote them a lot – both Donald Trump's dumb tweets and Andy Borowitz's smart take-downs of them. Here The New Yorker's satirist-in-chief discusses Nazis, Trump and impeachment... and starting his own movement; élitism. He thinks the POTUS should be smarter than he is... … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: Writer, David Sedaris
December 26, 1956: David Sedaris: Undecided Voters, to put them in perspective, I think of being on an airplane. The flight attendant comes down the aisle with her food cart and, eventually, parks it beside my seat. 'Can I interest you in the chicken?' she asks. 'Or … [Read more...]
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