New Yorker Cartoonists - James Thurber, Charles Addams, Reginald Marsh, Jules Feiffer, Rea Irvin, Gary Baseman, Miguel Covarrubias (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 174. Not illustrated. Chapters: James Thurber, Charles Addams, Reginald Marsh, Jules Feiffer, Rea Irvin, Gary Baseman, Miguel Covarrubias, Saul Steinberg, Jean-Jacques Sempe, William Steig, Michael Kupperman, John Glashan, Bruce Petty, Robert Kraus, Gahan Wilson, Liza Donnelly, Richard Decker, Ralph Barton, Roz Chast, Whitney Darrow, Jr., Bruce Mccall, George Booth, Harry Bliss, Helen E. Hokinson, Glen Baxter, Peter Arno, Bruce Eric Kaplan, Kazimieras G. Prapuolenis, Mary Petty, Gardner Rea, Chon Day, John Held, Jr., Gluyas Williams, Lee Lorenz, Otto Soglow, Charles Barsotti, Syd Hoff, Donald Reilly, Eldon Dedini, Carl Rose, Tom Cheney, Charles Saxon, Stan Hunt, Sam Gross, Robert Mankoff, Burr Shafer, Sam Cobean, Lou Myers, George Price, P. C. Vey, Mischa Richter, Vahan Shirvanian, Henry Martin. Excerpt: James Grover Thurber (December 8, 1894 November 2, 1961) was an American author, cartoonist and celebrated wit. Thurber was best known for his contributions (both cartoons and short stories) to The New Yorker magazine. Thurber was born in Columbus, Ohio, to Charles L. Thurber and Mary Agnes (Mame) Fisher Thurber on December 8, 1894. Both of his parents greatly influenced his work. His father, a sporadically employed clerk and minor politician who dreamed of being a lawyer or an actor, is said to have been the inspiration for the small, timid protagonist typical of many of his stories. Thurber described his mother as a "born comedienne" and "one of the finest comic talents I think I have ever known." She was a practical joker, on one occasion pretending to be crippled and attending a faith healer revival, only to jump up and proclaim herself healed. Thurber had two brothers, William and Robert. Once, while playing a game of William Tell, his brother William shot James in the eye with an arrow. Because of the lack of medical techno...