W. B. Park: Updating the Relationship Status

W. B. Park's New Yorker cartoon from the December 12, 1994 issue serves to remind us of how we used to update our relationship statuses prior to the days of social media. The original art was sold on eBay in October.

"Did we ever go through with that divorce we were talking about?"
W. B. Park
Original art
The New Yorker, December 12, 1994, p. 101

Detail, left

Detail, right, with W. B. Park's signature

W. B. Park
eBay listing ended October 21, 2024

https://www.ebay.com/itm/196479705197skw=rare+original+the+new+Yorker+published+sign+%26+Fine&itmmeta=01JGA7JXQGCNJME35EQSJ1HTG1&hash=item2dbf1a606d:g:OPAAAOSwwvFmhIvU&itmprp=enc%3AAQAJAAABEHoV3kP08IDx%2BKZ9MfhVJKn5Ham6%2BkldyhFe1AqcR

J7Lp%2FXtjBog8%2Bz45ud8iICXUWawUVhiSc5t7u1WHChKiPbgArZTqU6VZct36KEuK3VtBYFCSkARnPeyCiDeBBP5RGj01aGRs5hlk%2BsndQ37rteiLSgWA9khR9WIplSh7cOcrK1HQFNBJr7Blp%2Fv%2FhCvSOz%2BLfgzckxtWEchG%2Fa2bs4%2FG

koCFj1XhSEQuvFss4fMlwRqorYJtggXtjsxjQLk%2BWs2qLSDBGbfJNFghPjV8eJ55nGQuMOcFoygqD%2FmZYBhO%2F0lNs3l4Jyl0xbPmSeskKbXRldHWKamMrxfMugdKdmgH9kPyjlkrmJLp5Bsx8QJ%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR-rby8eCZQ

W. B. Park
eBay item description

[End of eBay listing]

"Did we ever go through with that divorce we were talking about?"
W. B. Park
The New Yorker, December 12, 1994, p. 101

"Did we ever go through with that divorce we were talking about?"
W. B. Park
Original art
The New Yorker, December 12, 1994, p. 101

With cartoons by Edward Koren and W. B. Park

https://archives.newyorker.com/newyorker/1994-12-12/flipbook/100/

Edward Koren's cartoon, on the page opposite Park's, ventures into unusual territory in the cultural landscape:

"He's just discovered French Baroque organ music."
Edward Koren
The New Yorker, December 12, 1994, p. 100

 04839