In its October 13, 1941 issue, Life magazine gave its readers a generous sampling of ten Peter Arno cartoons from The New Yorker collected in his seventh book, Cartoon Revue. The looming wartime themes are evident, but there's also the 1939 World's Fair, a wedding night scenario, and a gag about aging—or is it about publicity?
Peter Arno Life, October 13, 1941, pp. 8-9 |
I think Life made an obvious mistake here: placing the captions on the lower half of the page at the top of the cartoons could only have been dreamed up by an art director too concerned about "balance." The idea, I suppose, was to keep the captions from being trimmed off the lower edge of the page.
Peter Arno eBay listing accessed April 27, 2024 |
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Note: I've been at this game long enough to have written a few comprehensive posts on some of these classic Peter Arno cartoons, including:
As for "Well, back to the old drawing board," Paul Karasik explains why this is his candidate for the perfect cartoon here.
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