Friday Spill: William Haefeli Guests On The Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast; Mary Petty Draws Alan Dunn; Events Surrounding The Society Of Illustrators “Drawn From The New Yorker: A Centennial Exhibit

William Haefeli Guests On The Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast

William Haefeli (above, in the v-neck sweater) who began contributing to The New Yorker in 1998 joins the CCCP‘s co-hosts (l-r) Beth Lawler, Paul Nesja, and Vin Coca (it’s episode #186, for those keeping track). Listen here.

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Mary Petty Draws Alan Dunn

Here’s an ad for Alan Dunn’s 1931 collection, Rejections that features a drawing of Dunn by Mary Petty (Ms. Petty & Mr. Dunn were The New Yorker‘s first married cartoonist couple). Here’s another Petty drawing of her husband. The ad is actually a duplicate of the back cover of Rejections.

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Mary Petty’s A-Z entry:

Mary Petty Born, Hampton, New Jersey, April 29, 1899. Died, Paramus, New Jersey, March, 1976. New Yorker work: October 22,1927 – March 19,1966. Collection: This Petty Pace (Knopf, 1945) with a Preface by James Thurber.

Alan Dunn’s A-Z Entry:

Alan Dunn Born in Belmar, New Jersey, August 11, 1900, died in New York City, 1975. NYer work: 1926 – 1974 Key collections: Rejections (Knopf, 1931), Who’s Paying For This Cab? (Simon & Schuster, 1945), A Portfolio of Social Cartoons ( Simon & Schuster, 1968). One of the most published New Yorker cartoonists (1,906 cartoons), Mr. Dunn was married to Mary Petty — together they lived and worked at 12 East 88th Street, where, according to the New York Times, Alan worked “seated in a small chair at a card table, drawing in charcoal and grease pencil.”

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Events Surrounding The Society Of Illustrators “Drawn From The New Yorker: A Centennial Celebration”

Liza Donnelly, who curated the exhibit, has posted a number of photos of the exhibit on Substack. See them here.

Two events surrounding the exhibit…

Tour Of Drawn From The New Yorker: A Centennial Exhibit (January 16, 4-5pm)

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The History OF The New Yorker: A Conversation With Liza Donnelly & Michael Maslin (February 13, 6:30-8:30pm)

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George Price For Hoover

I ran into this eye-catching ad the other day while browsing through the March 25, 1961 New Yorker where it ran as a full page (note the interesting disclaimer at the bottom of the page. Ordinarily, ads running in the magazine using New Yorker cartoonists point out that the ad is an advertisement…this one has a little bit of a smirk to it).

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George Price’s A-Z Entry:

George Price (above) Born in Coytesville, New Jersey, June 9, 1901. Died January 12, 1995, Engelwood, New Jersey. New Yorker work: 1929 – 1991. Lee Lorenz, the New Yorker’s former Art/Cartoon editor, called Price one of the magazine’s great stylists (along with Peter Arno, Helen Hokinson, James Thurber, and William Steig. Of the many Price collections, here are two favorites: Browse At Your Own Risk (1977), and The World of George Price: A 55-Year Retrospective (1988)