Saturday Spill: The Romantic Alligator; Valentine’s Day Video Of Interest…Liza Donnelly & Heather Cox Richardson; The Tilley Watch Online, The Week Of February 9 -13, 2026; Article Of Interest…Lia Strasser & Bizzy Coy; An Addams Valentine

— Above: from The New Yorker, February 22, 2016 _________________________________________________________________________ Valentine’s Day Video Of Interest…Liza Donnelly & Heather Cox Richardson The latest in a series of monthly videos from Ms. Donnelly and Ms. Richardson. See it here.  ___________________________________________________________________ The Tilley Watch Online, February 9-13, 2026 An end of the week listing of New Yorker artists whose work has appeared on

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Friday Spill: Rich North Guests On The Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast; Interview Of Interest…Asher Perlman; Article Of Interest…Amy Kurzweil; A Cartoon Workshop With Hilary Campbell

Rich North Is The Latest Guest On The Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast Rich North, who began contributing to The New Yorker in November of 2024, joins the always fun crew at the CCCP. Listen here (it’s Episode #238 for those keeping track). Above: clockwise from top left: Rich North, and then the co-hosts Paul Nesja, Beth Lawler, Vin Coca, and

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Thurber Thursday: For What Ails Me

I was under the weather over the past weekend and into the early part of this week. A cold probably. One late morning, all I wanted to do was be horizontal on the couch. I couldn’t work — I didn’t want to be looking at a computer, or read a book or newspaper. My wife happened through the living room,

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Wednesday Spill: The New Yorker’s First Winter Olympics Cover

The New Yorker‘s First Winter Olympics Cover Constantin Alajalov leaves no doubt about the subject matter for his February 6 1932 cover. Alajalov’s A-Z Entry: Constantin Alajalov Born Constantin Aladjalov, 1900, Rostov-on-the-Don, Russia. Died Oct., 1987, Amenia, New York. New Yorker work: !926 -1960. Perhaps best known for his New Yorker covers ( he also supplied cover art to other publications).

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