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The Wavy Rule, a Daily Comic by Pollux: Rentalympics
Filed under: The Wavy Rule Tagged: bicycles, cartoons, comics, Olympics, Pollux, sports, The Wavy Rule
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Best of the 03.01.10 Issue: From the Raritan to the Ramapough
Filed under: Pick of the Issue Tagged: Ben McGrath, Calvin Trillin, food, Jonathan Taylor, Larissa MacFarquhar, New Jersey, Paul Krugman, Tyler Cowen
Jonathan Taylor writes:
My pick of the March 1 issue is the March 1 issue, just for provoking a Pick of the Issue post. Larissa MacFarquhar's Profile of Paul Krugman is eye-catching, prima facie, though I'd like to see a piece looking more broadly at the world of economics blogging that Krugman is now engaged with via his Times blog. That could bring us full circle, via Tyler Cowen of George Mason University, to the subject of the issue of Calvin Trillin's (gated) piece, peripatetic Sichuanese chef Peter Chang: This culinary legend of the U.S. Southeast is a central figure in Cowen's extenstive Ethnic Dining Guide. (Note to Tyler, put Famous Sichuan on Pell Street, and Grand Sichuan House of Bay Ridge on your New York City to-do list.)
My real pick is Ben McGrath's (continued)
Coming Soon: David Remnick's Biography of Obama
Filed under: Eds. Tagged: Alfred A. Knopf, Barack Obama, books, David Remnick, Emily Gordon, Pollux
Pollux writes:
As announced in the New York Times, Alfred A. Knopf will be publishing David Remnick’s biography of Barack Obama on April 6, 2010.
The book, entitled The Bridge: The Life and Rise of Barack Obama, has been in the works for a while, as Emily reported here at Emdashes in 2008. (continued)
Sempé Fi: Boing Boing Discusses 1946 Alajalov Cover
Filed under: Sempé Fi Tagged: art, Boing Boing, Constantin Alajalov, covers, Pollux
Pollux writes:
Over at Boing Boing, they’re discussing the March 16, 1946 cover for The New Yorker, created by artist Constantin Alajalov. (continued)
The Wavy Rule, a Daily Comic by Pollux: Dream Jobs
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Sempé Fi: The Butterfly Effect (Four Covers for The Anniversary Issue)
Filed under: Sempé Fi Tagged: Adrian Tomine, art, butterfly, Chris Ware, covers, Daniel Clowes, Emily Gordon, Eustace Tilley, iPhone, Ivan Brunetti, Pollux, Rea Irvin
Pollux writes:
The February 15 & 22 issue of The New Yorker was The Anniversary Issue of the magazine. To celebrate this occasion, The New Yorker ran a quadruple cover that honored its history, mascot, and sense of humor.
Four artists created various New Yorker-tinged realities: in 1925, a struggling male model visits a new publication in order to pose, to his horror, as Eustace Tilley; Eustace’s Butterfly, who also reacts negatively to a vision of Eustace Tilley, performs a poetic monologue; a world of Tilley-like figures record and observe butterflies; Rea Irvin creates the mascot of Eustace Tilley. These visions are both tributes and tongue-in-cheek interpretations of New Yorker history. (continued)
The Wavy Rule, a Daily Comic by Pollux: A New Period In My Life
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The Wavy Rule, a Daily Comic by Pollux: The Glazed Tomato
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Ben Greenman, Emily Flake at 'How I Learned': Sinning for Dummies
Filed under: On the Spot Tagged: Ben Greenman, Emily Flake, How I Learned, Jonathan Taylor
Jonathan Taylor writes:
The New Yorker's Ben Greenman is among those passing forward dubious knowledge tomorrow night at the "How I Learned" storytelling series at Happy Ending in Manhattan. This month's lesson at the Berlitz of bad behavior, hosted by our confidante Blaise Kearsley, is "How I Learned to Lie, Cheat or Steal." Cartoonist Emily Flake, whose work has appeared in the mag and was interviewed in the Cartoon Lounge, will also be presenting. Get there early; these free classes are known as an easy A. (continued)
Course of Action: Emdashes Salutes Its Bobsled Team
Filed under: On the Spot Tagged: bobsled, Olympics, Pollux, sports
Pollux writes:
We here at Emdashes have embraced mountains of New Yorker issues and New Yorker history, and this week we embrace just mountains, as we hurtle through challenging chicanes and trying tracks. Emdashes Bobsled Team, we salute you. (continued)
