Art Spiegelman
Well, that's it for Valentine's Day this year. Come back next V-Day when we'll post a dozen more. Hope your day was love-ly.
Showing posts with label The New Yorker. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The New Yorker. Show all posts
January 1 — Stop This Theme
Below, another gritty Lady in the Red Dress Winter Fiction cover. And with this group I think I'll stop this theme of New Yorker holiday covers that you've had to put up with for almost a month. I could go on for several more days with New Year covers, but really, I think we've had enough for now. That doesn't mean I won't return to my New Yorker stash every now and then, cuz there are bee-you-tiful covers throughout the year.
Anyway, once again, I'm wishing for a year we can all feel good about, but let's compare notes in 365.
December 31
Directly below, I do believe Charles Addams' New Year baby was reflecting the attitude of America, facing Kennedy's New Frontier. It was the birth, not only of a new year and a new decade, but of a new post-war era.
Above, somebody always grabs a magazine to solve a math problem.
In his acceptance speech at the Democratic convention earlier in the year, Kennedy said:
- We stand on the edge of a New Frontier—the frontier of unfulfilled hopes and dreams, a frontier of unknown opportunities and beliefs in peril. Beyond that frontier are uncharted areas of science and space, unsolved problems of peace and war, unconquered problems of ignorance and prejudice, unanswered questions of poverty and surplus.
In the words of Robert D. Marcus: “Kennedy entered office with ambitions to eradicate poverty and to raise America’s eyes to the stars through the space program"
Above, somebody always grabs a magazine to solve a math problem.
December 27
Time is running out for the old guy directly below, but I'm going to post it again on January 3rd and it'll be like new.
December 26
Maybe you think cuz Christmas is over that I'm through posting the New Yorker covers.
Have I mentioned how I especially love the William Steig covers?
No sir, think again. Because of the magazine's publishing schedule, sometimes the cover date shot a bit over the holiday date, but still had holiday art. And sometimes, in the later years, two weeks would be combined into one, with two cover dates. And besides, New Year's is coming up, as you well know, and there's plenty covers covering that theme.
The long and short of it is that you're gonna see New Yorker covers for at LEAST another week. Oh you'll still see other stuff as well, so tough it out—grin and bear it ; )
Have I mentioned how I especially love the William Steig covers?
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)