Culture Buzz I don't get it. Was there some news event that I missed? Or are they just painting the White House? (via @cschweitz) (via https:)
Culture Buzz Re-enacting this scene will be a holiday tradition in my family for years to come. Well that and turkey obviously.
Culture Buzz Famed cartoonist R. Crumb says he'll never again work for the New Yorker after they rejected this cover without explanation. They commissioned Crumb in 2009 to do a cover on the subject of gay marriage, he turned this in, they rejected it and gave no reason. Too offensive? Not offensive enough? Only David Remnick knows for sure.
It's safe to assume you've already heard the news that Arrested Development is returning to the tube for one more mini-season before it hits the big screen. So let's celebrate by watching Will Arnett lead the cast in his classic chicken dance to end their New Yorker Festival reunion panel. (via gotchamediablog.com)
This is the best news ever. EVER. The new season is reportedly being shopped to Netflix and Showtime. (via twitter.com)
It's that part of the day where I post New Yorker cartoons about grammar. Hooray! (Via)
Movie Buzz For years, Roger Ebert has entered the New Yorker's Cartoon Caption contest. He's never been a finalist…until now. And happily, his entry is the clear winner. This is your chance to help make a movie reviewer very happy!
This is the January cover of The New Yorker. Continued evidence of the impending apocalypse.
Barry Blitts is turning personal injury into art on this week's cover of the New Yorker. Inspired by Julie Taymor’s injury during the Spider-Man Musical. Added drama never hurt ticket sales. We can only hope the playbill gets this type of redesign.
There are a whole series of these, but this one really stood out for me.
Well-played, you highbrow elitist snobs. Well-played. (Via Best Roof Talk Ever)
I suppose this makes about as much sense as the actual film version of Wicker Man ever did. At least I don't have to watch Nic Cage try to act.
Here's the cover of The New Yorker's upcoming cartoon issue. It's a “Where's Waldo?” of unbridled nerdiness. Awesome. The artist is deranged indie comic misanthrope Ivan Brunetti. Also awesome.
The cover of the July edition of The New Yorker features an illustration from Bob Staake depicting the gulf oil spill in the style of M.C. Escher.
The cover of the July edition of The New Yorker features an illustration from Bob Staake depicting the gulf oil spill in the style of M.C. Escher.
http://www.newyorker.com/humor/2010/05/31/100531sh_shouts...
This exclusive transcript of Heidi Montag's conversation with God before she had her 10 plastic surgeries is surprising only in the sense that she has a fairly decent grasp on the English language.
Culture Buzz Dan Baum, a former New Yorker writer, is Twittering the story of his dismissal from the magazine. He has been going for two days now, and so far I have learned: I'll never be able to work at the New Yorker, and the media loves itself a lot. Stay tuned.
http://www.newyorker.com/humor/2009/03/30/090330sh_shouts...
Woody Allen penned a short story for The New Yorker about elderly New York Jews reincarnated as lobsters. Oh, and Bernie Madoff weasels his way in there, too. The irony, of course? Lobster is about as kosher as a nun covered in pig fat.
Vanity Fair parodies the controversial New Yorker Obama Cover by creating a cover for McCain. You can tell it is satire because McCain’s wife is not a pill popper, McCain is not really old, he does not support Bush’s policies, etc.