{"id":6261,"date":"2023-10-15T09:11:37","date_gmt":"2023-10-15T14:11:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/?p=6261"},"modified":"2023-10-15T09:11:54","modified_gmt":"2023-10-15T14:11:54","slug":"new-yorker-cartoonists-note-updike-roth-connection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/2023\/10\/15\/new-yorker-cartoonists-note-updike-roth-connection\/","title":{"rendered":"New Yorker Cartoonists note Updike-Roth connection"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Ink Spill: New Yorker Cartoonists News, History, and Events <\/em>posted an October 14, 2023 item about the &#8220;Roth Art on Updike&#8217;s Desk&#8221;:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/files\/2023\/10\/Bech-Is-Back-proof.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-6263\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/files\/2023\/10\/Bech-Is-Back-proof.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"313\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/files\/2023\/10\/Bech-Is-Back-proof.jpg 250w, https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/files\/2023\/10\/Bech-Is-Back-proof-240x300.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a>&#8220;When I interviewed Arnold Roth in 2016, we spoke about the cover art he provided for John Updike&#8217;s Bech series. Last night I cam across this 1983 <em>Time Magazine <\/em>ad and was pleased to spot a stack of Arnie&#8217;s <em>Bech Is Back <\/em>art on Updike&#8217;s desk.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;On the top of the pile is what looks to be a proof, and just below it, looks very much like original art (Updike had all three Roth Bech cover originals in his collection).&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelmaslin.com\/weekend-spill-roth-art-on-updikes-desk-the-tilley-watch-online-october-9-13-2023\/\">See photos and read more.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ink Spill: New Yorker Cartoonists News, History, and Events posted an October 14, 2023 item about the &#8220;Roth Art on Updike&#8217;s Desk&#8221;: &#8220;When I interviewed Arnold Roth in 2016, we spoke about the cover art he provided for John Updike&#8217;s &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/2023\/10\/15\/new-yorker-cartoonists-note-updike-roth-connection\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":818,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34,53,35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6261","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-art","category-updike-in-context","category-updike-quoted"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6261","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/818"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6261"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6261\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6264,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6261\/revisions\/6264"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6261"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6261"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6261"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}