Bob Mankoff announced deaths of two cartoonists on June 10 2016 with these wonderful words:
The New Yorker, January 12 1957
The New Yorker, May 10 1947
"Ars longa, vita brevis. For cartoonists, especially
long-lived ones like Frank Modell, who died two weeks ago, at the age of
ninety-eight, or Anatol Kovarsky, who passed away last week, at ninety-seven,
it’s often the other way around. That just comes with the territory. The job of
the cartoonist is to connect with your time, for a time, not for all time."
True but artists like Mondell and Kovarsky will continue to
connect, at least for a while, even after they are now gone.
Frank Modell appeared seven times on this blog from January
1 2007 to April 23 2009...here are two of them:
The New Yorker, November 5 1960
The New Yorker, January 12 1957
Mr. Anatol Kovarsky appeared two times October 19 2007 and February 3 2014 (when I said :
Mr. Kovarsky is 94 years old and still drawing!)
Mr. Kovarsky is 94 years old and still drawing!)
The New Yorker, May 10 1947
The New Yorker