Posted on: September 7, 2025

Rea Irvin’s The Smythes; F. Opper, R. & G. Dirks and J. Swinnerton jam; the Leffingwells’ Little Joe; McDonnell’s Mutts and Schulz’s Peanuts; and Jimmy Stewart, Marlene Dietrich and Flash Gordon makes some three. Rea Irvin was The New Yorker’s first art editor and creator of the magazine’s iconic mascot, the butterfly enthusiast Eustace Tilly. […]

We’ll start in a good mood with a cartoon that hits several bullseyes. It’s the time of year where, if you haven’t got your woodpile already set up, you’re in trouble because green wood invites chimney fires. And, yes, chopping wood is such a practical, important task that you can fool yourself into thinking it’s […]