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Introducing "The Wavy Rule," a New Emdashes Comic by Paul Morris
Filed under: The Catbird Seat: Friends & Guests Tagged: art, cartoons, China, Olympics, Paul Goldberger, Paul Morris, Rea Irvin, The Wavy Rule
We're delighted to announce that Emdashes will be publishing a daily comic by friend and fellow New Yorker admirer Paul Morris, on themes typographical, historical, and technological, on personalities of all kinds, and, of course, on the magazine past and present. It's called "The Wavy Rule" in honor of Rea Irvin's signature squiggly line.
Born in Beverley, England, Paul has a B.A. in History from UCLA and a Master's in History from Brown University. Since 2006, he's written and drawn a webcomic called "Arnjuice." You can see more of his work on his Flickr page, and he has collections for sale at Lulu. He's currently studying graphic design at the Art Institute of California, Los Angeles.
We're so pleased to have him drawing for us--we think he's a perfect addition to the crew. If there's a New Yorker-related or other idea you'd like see Paul draw, please email us and we'll pass it along for his consideration. After the jump, the first installment of "The Wavy Rule," inspired by Paul Goldberger's recent story "The Forbidden City," about the makeover of Beijing.
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Emdashes, founded in 2004, is currently written and drawn by Emily Gordon, Martin Schneider, Pollux, Jonathan Taylor, and Benjamin Chambers, as well as occasional guest contributors. (Unsigned posts through October 2008 are by Emily Gordon.)
The site is designed and maintained by House of Pretty and illustrated by Jesse Ewing for Inkleaf Studio. Additional drawings are by Carolita Johnson and Pollux (who also draws our daily comic, "The Wavy Rule"). The kissable Emdashes logo is by Jennifer Hadley, based on a 1943 Dorothy Gray ad.
Other writing by Emily Gordon
- Profile: Valerie Casey, Designers Accord founder, is spearheading the design of sustainability (for SXSW World; PDF, p. 20)
- Feature: Rea Irvin: visionary art director, man about town, and New Yorker founding father (for Print)
- Report: Learning to read with comic books--that are edited by Françoise Mouly (for Print)
- Interview: Designer Eleanor Grosch (for Print)
- Review: Charles Addams: A Cartoonist's Life by Linda H. Davis (for Newsday)
- Review: King's Gambit: A Son, a Father, and the World's Most Dangerous Game by Paul Hoffman (for Newsday)
- Review: Does a New Republic redesign mean a change of tune? (for Print)
- Interview: James Surowiecki on what's next for the wisdom of crowds (for Assignment Zero)
- Report: Eustace Tilley spruces up for The New Yorker's website redesign (for Print)
- Feature: Muslim immigration iconography in the Netherlands, and an interview with Ayaan Hirsi Ali (for Print)
- Review: books about various New Yorker cartoonists by Liza Donnelly and Iain Topliss (for Newsday)
- Profile: screenwriter and novelist Joe Keenan (for Newsday)
- Review: The Complete New Yorker (for Print)
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Comments
How delightful! Welcome aboard, Paul.
Thanks very much, Benjamin! A pleasure to be here.
Congratulations from a fan of Arnjuice!
HAHA, I love it!
"Wavy" rules!
Consider this site "bookmarked." Very funny stuff, Paul.
Ha!
I love your cartoons. They show a lot of humor and wit.
Droll. More, please.