Tuesday, December 24, 2024

W. B. Park: Foundationless

A New Yorker cartoon by W. B. Park from 1983 is, on its surface, pretty silly. The original art, sold on eBay this past summer, shows how the magazine went about moving a signature without having to cut and paste the sheet of paper.

"Say, listen. I didn't mean to suggest that you not wear makeup at all."
W. B. Park
Original art
The New Yorker, June 20, 1983, p. 76

Detail, left

W. B. Park's signature and the layout instructions on where to move it

Caption

Layout instructions on how to scale the signature




W. B. Park
eBay listing ended July 14, 2024

W. B. Park
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"Say, listen. I didn't mean to suggest that you not wear makeup at all."
W. B. Park
The New Yorker, June 20, 1983, p. 76

"Say, listen. I didn't mean to suggest that you not wear makeup at all."
W. B. Park
Original art
The New Yorker, June 20, 1983, p. 76

With a cartoon by W. B. Park and an advertisement by Berlitz



I do miss those newsbreaks:



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