Peter Arno

Arno was a cartoonist for NEW YORKER magazine for his entire career which started in 1925 and only ended with his death in 1968. He came from a society family, and those he satirized in his cartoons were members of New York's social set. Family, so to speak.Many of his cartoons seemed to be just simple line drawings. Looks, however, are often deceiving. He knew exactly what he wanted and he would often rework the same cartoon hundreds of times to achieve the exact effect he was looking for. He was known to work up to forty hours at a stretch in order to get just the right result.His style was unique, and almost anyone who has seen even a few of his cartoons can identify his work on sight. His cartoons satirize the foibles of New York's upper crust, but never in a mean or cruel way. There's a touch of love and a touch of naivete in even his most risque cartoons. PETER ARNO, after a short introduction lets the approximately 250 cartoons that comprise this book speak for themselves. One cartoon really is worth a thousand words, so I won't try to describe individual cartoons here. In other words, in order to get the true impact out of these cartoons you've got to see them. If you're lucky enough to find a copy of PETER ARNO by Peter Arno, I'd recommend that you grab it up, sit back, and have a few good chuckles.