Joseph Mirachi

Joseph Mirachi (1919-1991) grew up in New York City, served in the Army in World War II, and graduated from the Art Studio League in that city in 1951. He started his career as an illustrator for detective and western stories and other publications; some of his illustrations are memorialized in the official souvenir guidebook to the 1964 World’s Fair in New York City.  His cartoons first appeared in the New Yorker in 1954 and continued through 1992, amounting to almost 600 in total, with two pieces published posthumously.  Mirachi’s cartoons frequently reflected his love of European sports cars, car racing, sports, and the outdoors.  A champion of the working class man, his cartoons often featured humorous exchanges in the barroom, or unwitting confessions of greedy businessmen.  In addition to the New Yorker, Mirachi’s work was published in Playboy, the Wall Street Journal, Sports Illustrated, Cosmopolitan, TV Guide, and the New York Times.