Show of Interest
If you’ve opened up the New Yorker to The Talk of The Town you’ve seen Tom Bachtell’s work. Now you can see the drawings in person at The Bower Center For the Arts .
Here’s a fine article about the exhibit and Mr. Bachtell.
Link here to Tom Bachtell’s website.
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Whither MAD Magazine?
Every so often I post something that might seem out of the range of The Spill‘s concerns, but MAD magazine is very much a part of the New Yorker cartoonist universe. Many a New Yorker cartoonist will tell you that MAD was an early comic education and inspiration. What’s more, a number of New Yorker cartoonists contribute to MAD. So here’s a thoughtful piece focused on a rumor concerning MAD’s fate.
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Roz Chast’s Tiny Shirts
This photo appeared on yesterday’s Spill . It shows Roz Chast (with the great Edward Koren looking on) working on a tiny paper shirt construction at Jack Ziegler’s memorial last Saturday. As promised, here are the shirts (they made their way out of The Society of Illustrators to The Spill‘s archives via the vest pocket of Danny Shanahan’s jacket).
