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Sempé Fi: Cover Art
Sempé Fi: Winter Flapper
Filed under: Sempé Fi Tagged: 1920s, art, Art Deco, Brian Stauffer, covers, dog, fashion, flapper, Helen Dryden, Pollux, Vogue
Pollux writes:
She’s knee-deep in a blanket of pure white snow. She’s out for a walk with her dog. Her faithful dog cannot be seen except for its tail. In fact, the dog is clearing a pathway for her as they make their way through the wintry landscape.
This is the scene depicted in Brian Stauffer’s cover for the March 1, 2010 issue of The New Yorker, called “Whiteout.” (continued)
The Wavy Rule, a Daily Comic by Pollux: John o' Gloats
Filed under: The Wavy Rule Tagged: cartoons, comics, Olympics, Pollux, The Wavy Rule
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The Wavy Rule, a Daily Comic by Pollux: Provocateur
Filed under: The Wavy Rule Tagged: cartoons, comics, Pollux, The Wavy Rule
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The Wavy Rule, a Daily Comic by Pollux: The Tea Party Party
Filed under: The Wavy Rule Tagged: cartoons, comics, Pollux, tea, tea party, Tea Partyers, The Wavy Rule
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Drawing Dilorom: The Roz Chast Cover I've Already Seen on the F Train
Filed under: Little Words Tagged: Elif Batuman, freemasons, Jonathan Taylor, Roz Chast
Jonathan Taylor writes:
At her website, Elif Batuman, author of The Possessed: Adventures with Russian Books and the People Who Read Them, gives a little backstory on the development of the obviously fun cover by Roz Chast—and also links to a compilation of Masonic references in New Yorker cartoons (as of 2004). (continued)
The Wavy Rule, a Daily Comic by Pollux: The Bipartisan Health Care Summit (Collage version)
Filed under: The Wavy Rule Tagged: Barack Obama, cartoons, collage, comics, health care, Pollux, The Wavy Rule
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The Wavy Rule, a Daily Comic by Pollux: Oh Canada
Filed under: The Wavy Rule Tagged: Canada, cartoons, comics, Olympics, Pollux, sports, The Wavy Rule
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Peter Chang Coverage: Double Happiness
Filed under: Little Words Tagged: Calvin Trillin, David Remnick, Jonathan Taylor, Oxford American, Peter Chang
Jonathan Taylor writes:
The Oxford American unleashes Chang, as G.H.W. Bush might say, with its own detailed story on Calvin Trillin's subject last of week—with a Remnick epigraph on the coincidence. (Via Tyler Cowen.) (continued)
Secret Tilley Revealed: A Hidden Image
Filed under: Sempé Fi Tagged: Adam Kempa, covers, Dan Brown, Eustace Tilley, Kempa.com, Pollux, Robert Langdon
Pollux writes:
Did you know that if you place the four Anniversary New Yorker covers together, this creates a large composite image of Eustace Tilley? When I wrote about the covers a few days ago, this had escaped my attention.
It wasn’t Dan Brown (or his hero Robert Langdon) who have told me. You can read about this hidden image at the blog Kempa.com.
Adam Kempa, the blog’s creator, has cleverly, and helpfully, created an overlay of the four covers to reveal the subtle outlines of Tilley. (continued)
Now Available!: The Wavy Rule 2009 Annual
Filed under: The Wavy Rule Tagged: anthology, books, cartoons, comics, Emily Gordon, Pollux
Emily Gordon writes:
It is with great pleasure that we announce the release of The Wavy Rule: 2009 Annual, the entire 2009 collection of cartoons by Pollux in one convenient paperback!
“The Wavy Rule” has been running every weekday on Emdashes since June 2008.
We are pleased to offer you the opportunity to get your own copy of the 2009 anthology signed and illustrated by Pollux and shipped right to your door. The 278-page anthology includes all the cartoons that ran in 2009. It’s a bargain for only $8.50 -in honor of the 85th Anniversary of The New Yorker.
To order, all you have to do is send payment for $8.50 online through PayPal. You may make a payment there to emdashes [at] gmail [dot] com. (continued)
