Death noted: David Levine, incomparable caricaturist for The New York Review of Books, at age 83 in New York. Levine was a personal hero of mine, especially for his work during the Watergate and Vietnam War eras — he may be most widely remembered for depicting LBJ pulling up his shirt to reveal a gallbladder scar in the shape of Vietnam.
Until macular degeneration degraded his output in recent years — a sad story indeed – Levine’s unblinking eye and unerring hand captured the seriocomic essences of thousands of newsmakers past and present. Here are three examples from North Carolina:
http://www.nybooks.com/gallery/1371
http://www.nybooks.com/gallery/gallery-search?q=edwards
http://www.nybooks.com/gallery/713
