Wednesday Spill: Schnapps & Turntables… 1977 Ad Drawings From James Stevenson & Edward Koren

You never know what you’ll run into when zipping through old magazines. The other day I picked up several 1977 issues of The National Lampoon, and came upon ads featuring Edward Koren’s fabulous art:

And from the Lampoon, the same year, this one featuring art from the great James Stevenson:

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Edward Koren’s A-Z Entry:

Edward Koren (photo above, Fall 2016, courtesy of Gil Roth) Born, 1935, New York City. Died, April 14, 2023, Brookfield, Vermont. New Yorker work: May 26, 1962 — . Key collections: Do You Want To Talk About It? ( Pantheon, 1976), Well, There’s Your Problem (Pantheon, 1980), Caution: Small Ensembles (Pantheon, 1983), What About Me? (Pantheon Books, 1989). The Ink Spill Edward Koren Interview

James Stevenson’s A-Z Entry:

James Stevenson Born, NYC, 1929. Died, February 17, 2017, Cos Cob, Connecticut. New Yorker work: March 10, 1956 – June 16, 2003. Stevenson interned as an office boy at The New Yorker in the mid 1940s when he began supplying ideas for other New Yorker artists. Nine years later he was hired as a full-time ideaman, given an office at the magazine and instructed not to tell anyone what he did. He eventually began publishing his own cartoons and covers as well as a ground-breaking Talk of the Town pieces (ground breaking in that the pieces were illustrated). His contributions to the magazine number over 2000. Key collections: Sorry Lady — This Beach is Private! ( MacMillan, 1963), Let’s Boogie ( Dodd, Mead, 1978). Stevenson was a children’s book author, with roughly one hundred titles to his credit. He was a frequent contributor to the Op-Ed page of The New York Times, under the heading Lost and Found New York. Stevenson’s The Life, Loves and Laughs of Frank Modell, published in 2013, is essential reading. Sally Williams’ 2019 documentary film, Stevenson Lost & Found is essential viewing. Further reading (from the Spill’s archive): “James Stevenson’s Secret Job At The New Yorker”