by zbicyclist

NY^3: New Year’s Themed Comics on New Year’s Day from The New Yorker

It’s New Year’s Day, 2024, so why not post some New Year’s cartoons from another NY, The New Yorker? Wait. Wasn’t that yesterday’s theme? But this is a theme so nice, we’re using it twice.

1931 (i.e. first issue of 1931): some wake-up bells to start your year

1930

1932: not a cheerful New Year’s

1933: Roosevelt’s been elected, but not inaugurated. The man here is not hopeful.

1933

Similar theme from 1934:

To all our readers, commenters, editors, and cartoonists who make this possible, best wishes for a wonderful 2023 2024!

Reflect and think? Or maybe just do some things appropriate to the season. Change out that furnace filter that should be changed every 3 months. Is your toothbrush getting too long in the tooth? Check your IRA balances if you’ll need to make RMDs. Check the refrigerator for stuff that expired in 2022. Make some Hoppin’ John with those black-eyed peas in the back of the pantry. Feel free to comment on your own ways to mark (or ignore) the day.

Or, perhaps like Mooch, you’re perfect and can just take a nap.

Let’s end with an OY:

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  2. Unknown's avatar

    I didn’t need to remember on my own about RMD, the guy at my bank called me last week to do it. (But because it’s “self-directed” I couldn’t just tell him “Thank you, please go ahead” but had to pick something on my own to sell. But he was allowed to give me hints, so it worked out.)

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    The way the 1932 guy is complaining about being awakened reminds me of how I think of the lines

    O Mensch! Gib acht!
    Was spricht die tiefe Mitternacht?
    »Ich schlief, ich schlief—,

    from Zarathustra’s roundelay, by Nietzsche (also used as the text for a song / symphonic movement by Mahler). I keep looking for the performance instruction “whiny”.

    Later, when we get

    Tief ist ihr Weh—,

    I recognize that last word, and can understand that part as “He’s saying ‘OY VEY’ ” . But the guy in the cartoon doesn’t look like somebody who could easily let himself sigh “Oy vey!” .

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    James Thurber was a very popular humorist in the first half of the last century. His cartoons were a mainstay in the New Yorker, and he wrote several books. He was the creator of the Walter Mitty character, the pipsqueak milquetoast who imagines himself in all sorts of heroic adventures. A frequent theme of his cartoons was a sort of upper class version of The Lockhorns. I recommend looking for his stuff.

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    New Year’s Day with a touch of humor and nostalgia from The New Yorker! The vintage cartoons capture the essence of past celebrations, offering a delightful reflection on the changing times. Whether contemplating resolutions or embracing the art of relaxation like Mooch, it’s a whimsical start to the year. Wishing everyone a fantastic 2024 filled with joy and laughter! 🎉 #NewYearCartoons #Happy2024

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    New year – need to make new computer folders on my data drive for the new year. First time I write a document for, say, us – need to make 2024 pers folder in the letters folder (as will make 2024 actg, 2024 qb, 2024 ega, and 2024 hm, for business and the clubs of which we are on the boards. Same for the financial folders, and all the other types of file folders I use on my computer for data. (In about 2-3 months the 2023 folders get moved to my archive drive.)

    I went to the change the traditional paper calendar hanging on the well to a 2024 calendar. Neither Colonial Williamsburg nor Mount Vernon sent us a calendar this year. I had one from the township, but after I received the newsletter from them with the dates of the garbage pickup holidays I threw out the Township calendar – but if I am lucky, since I am not good at putting out the recyclables it is somewhere on the table in our side entry porch and when I pack up same to take out it will still be there. Do we need a hanging calendar? Not really, but always have had one – and the CW or Mount Vernon ones are pretty to look at. (Robert once had a photo he took & sent to CW included in the CW calendar – years ago.)

    But all the events, tasks etc are in my computer calendars and my Palm Centro. (Yes, I still use same – as a PDA around the house as I like it better than any phone I have had since and I have it sync with Lotus Organizer – in the Windows XP virtual computer I make Robert put into each of my computers and use same as my main organizing calendar and to do/done list).

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