Video Of Interest: The “Sesame Street” Edition of The New Yorker Caption Contest Here’s 7 1/2 minutes of fun: several of Sesame Street’s beloved characters give The New Yorker‘s caption contest a go. Cartoons shown in order of their appearance are by: David Borchart, Joe Dator, Tom Cheney, Ellis Rosen, Harry Bliss, Mick Stevens, Amy Hwang, P.C. Vey, and yours
Read moreMonth: December 2019
The Wednesday Watch: Meet The Artist (1943): Rea Irvin; Event Of Interest: Jeremy Nguyen; A Case For Pencils Spotlights Robert Leighton’s Tools Of The Trade; Today’s Daily Cartoonist & Cartoon
Meet The Artist (1943): Rea Irvin The last in a series of self portraits of New Yorker artists included in the Meet The Artist catalog published by the M.H. de Young Memorial Museum in 1943. Here’s Mr. Irvin’s entry on the Spill‘s A-Z: Rea Irvin *Born, San Francisco, 1881; died in the Virgin Islands,1972. Irvin was the cover artist for
Read moreInterview Of Interest: Swann Galleries Christine von der Linn On Charles Addams “Nevermore”; Meet The Artist(1943): Boardman Robinson; Today’s Daily Cartoonist & Cartoon
Interview Of Interest: Swann Galleries Christine von der Linn on Charles Addams’s “Nevermore” From The Hot Bid, this interview with The Swann Galleries Illustration Art director, Christine von der Linn about a fabulous Addams drawing (shown above) to be auctioned December 10th. [article contains Jack Ziegler content] __________________________________________________________ Meet The Artist (1943): Boardman Robinson Another in a series of self
Read moreThe Monday Tilley Watch, The New Yorker Issue Of December 9, 2019; Terry Gross’s 1986 Gahan Wilson Interview; Today’s Daily Cartoonist & Cartoon
Ink Spill experienced technical issues for much of the past twelve hours and thus the Monday Tilley Watch will be abbreviated today. Apologies! The Cover: from Tom Gauld, a starry starry night black & blue paneled cover. Read a Q&A with him here about it. The Cartoonists & Cartoons: Two newbies in this issue: Jared Nangle and Mo Welch. They
Read more