Title: The New Yorker Distaff Side
Product review: Helen Hokinson was a cartoonist for the NEW YORKER in its glory years, and all or almost all these cartoons were originally published there. (Many were reprinted in the HOKINSON FESTIVAL, so if you own that there won't be a lot of surprises.)New to Hokinson? Like Arno and Steig, she specialized on a particular type of New Yorker--women of the upper middle class in the years before they were expected to have careers. If you remember Elwood Dowd's sister from HARVEY, you've got the Hokinson type--garden clubs, dog shows, amateur theatricals and ladies' auxilliaries. Seldom profound, but very funny. Worth the investment.
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