Ask The Librarians

Jon Michaud and Erin Overbey, head librarians of The New Yorker, start a monthly column on Emdashes (a blog hosted by Emily Gordon, editor of Print magazine.) This month's questions: Which was the first movie that The New Yorker ever reviewed? (The Last Laugh). When was the last typewriter spotted in the office? (Today.) And are the cartoons fact-checked? (Yes.)