Chast & Marx In Connecticut Roz Chast & Patricia Marx will be at the Ridgefield Public Library on March 13th, promoting their most recent book,You Can Only Yell At Me For One Thing At A Time. It’s probably safe to assume there’ll be some ukulele playing at this ticketed event (five bucks). Ms. Chast began contributing to The New Yorker
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Doc Film Of Interest: Sempe; Maira Kalman Illustrates Stein; Today’s Daily Cartoonist & Cartoon; Today’s Daily Shouts Cartoonist
On Youtube, Sempe: dessinateur d’humor — a nearly hour long documentary on the great New Yorker cartoonist/cover artist. Interesting to watch, and probably even better if you speak French. — My thanks to the fab New Yorker cover artist, John Cuneo for bringing this to my attention. Sempe began contributing to The New Yorker in 1978. ____________________________________________________________________________ Maira Kalman Illustrates
Read moreEarly Release: Next Week’s New Yorker Cover
Two early released covers in a row! I once suggested that The New Yorker consider a Daily Cover (much like the Daily Cartoon). What with the speed of news stories, and the magazine’s desire to comment on the stories, perhaps not such a wacky idea. With a Daily Cover, it would open up the print cover to be something else.
Read moreThurber Thursday; James Stevenson’s Hat Trick Issue Of The New Yorker: March 22, 1969; Today’s Daily Cartoonist & Cartoon; From The Department Of “What The…?”
Thurber Thursday Here’s an oddity from the Spill’s archive. An eight page pamphlet containing James Thurber’s speech delivered upon receiving the Ohioana Sesquicentennial Medal. The Citation reads (in part): In appreciation of your generosity of spirit…originality of concept…your matchless satire…at times pure wit…oft times gentle humor…your priceless gift of laughter…boon to disturbed mankind…In recognition of the world wide fame you
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