If you have an interest in James Thurber’s work you’re probably familiar with the Thurber Carnival cover shown to the left. Most used book stores with a “Humor” section have a copy, or have had a copy, or will have a copy at some point or another, Less familiar on this side of The Atlantic is the paperback UK version
Read moreMonth: July 2020
The Wednesday Spill: Daily Cartoonists & Cartoons; Video Of Interest: Liza Donnelly Takes You On A Tour Of Her Exhibit At The Norman Rockwell Museum
Catching up on the week’s Daily Cartoons… Today’s Daily Cartoonist & Cartoon: Keith Knight on not watching the Mets. Mr. Knight began contributing to The New Yorker in December of last year. Visit his website here. …Yesterday’s Daily Cartoonist & Cartoon: Teresa Burns Parkhurst, on Disney’s re-opening. Ms. Parkhurst began contributing to The New Yorker in October 2017. See her
Read moreHenry Martin’s First New Yorker Spot Drawing
Some mornings, when I set out to do the day’s Spill, I’ve no idea what I’ll be posting (other than possibly mentioning the Daily cartoonist & cartoon). Today began with seeing a link to a 17 year old piece on Henry Martin, the great New Yorker cartoonist who passed away the last day of June. In the piece (there’s a
Read moreThe Monday Tilley Watch, The New Yorker Issue Of July 20, 2020
Looking at the new issue I felt a bit like “Vacuum Man” from the Beatles animated film Yellow Submarine — you know, the creature who sucks up everything around it, including itself. After what seemed like eternity during the double issue two week span, I was eager to in-take and take-in the cartoons. Left: Vacuum Man is the guy
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