Michael Maslin: ...The first thing I thought to ask you when I was researching — I didn’t see it addressed out there anywhere — was: is there a story to how your “beasts” came about. Do you call them beasts?
Edward Koren: I don’t know what to call them. They’re alter egos I guess. “Beasts” is shorthand because they look beastly. Like Sendak’s [characters], they’re living in my brain. They’re kind of all me.
On Thursday, Michael Maslin posted a comprehensive interview with cartoonist Edward Koren to mark the 60th anniversary of Koren's work first appearing in The New Yorker. (You can read it by clicking the aqua link, above.) I put my own uninspired title on this post a while back before the interview was available, enjoying the alliteration of Koren and creatures, while taking pride in my resolve not to get all cutesy and spell it kreatures. I very nearly succeeded.
Here then is one sheet of Koren's alter egos or beasts or maybe even creatures, dated January 1984. It is archived from an eBay sale this past January in which the seller referred to them as monsters:
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| Edward Koren eBay listing ended January 28, 2022 |
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| Edward Koren eBay item description |
Note: By now cartoonist Edward Koren has produced countless original drawings like this one. Many are in private hands and rarely or never seen publicly. I am happy to offer my services to give such closely-held rarities a wider circulation. Just send along scans or photographs.
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