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A Roz Chast Exhibit: “At Home”
Well here’s something fun to see not too far off from today:
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The Spill wishes the great cartoonist Sam Gross a very happy 88th birthday!
Sam Gross Born August 7, 1933, Bronx, NY.
New Yorker work: August 23, 1969 -. Other than his work in The New Yorker Gross is probably best known for his work in National Lampoon. He’s edited a large number of collections, including Dogs Dogs Dogs, Cats Cats Cats, Food Food Food: A Feast of Great Cartoons (originally published as All You Can Eat: A Feast of Great Cartoons); Golf Golf Golf, Ho! Ho! Ho!, Movies Movies Movies. Key collections: I Am Blind and My Dog is Dead (Avon, 1978), An Elephant is Soft and Mushy (Avon, 1982).
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The Tilley Watch Online
An end of the week listing of New Yorker artists who contributed to newyorker.com features. For the week of August 1-7,2021:
The Daily Cartoon: Brooke Bourgeois, Adam Douglas Thompson, Suerynn Lee, Sarah Kempa, Ellie Black.
Daily Shouts: Jason Chatfield (with Ginny Hogan), Sara Lautman.
Barry Blitt’s Kvetchbook: “Rand Paul’s Daily Affirmation”
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The New Gomez
From horrornewsnetwork, August 6, 2021, “Tim Burton Casts His Gomez For Netflix Series “Wednesday”
And here’s a nice summary of Gomez over time.
— Left: Gomez with the “pet” carrier at his feet.
Charles Addams’s entry on the Spill‘s A-Z:
Charles Addams (Born in Westfield, New Jersey, January 7, 1912. Died September 29, 1988, New York City. New Yorker work: 1932 – 1988 * the New Yorker has published his work posthumously. One of the giants of The New Yorker’s stable of artists. Key cartoon collections: While all of Addams’ collections are worthwhile, here are three that are particular favorites; Homebodies (Simon & Schuster, 1954), The Groaning Board (Simon & Schuster, 1964), Creature Comforts (Simon & Schuster, 1981). In 1991 Knopf published The World of Chas Addams, a retrospective collection.
A biography, Charles Addams: A Cartoonist’s Life, by Linda Davis, was published in 2006 by Random House, with a new edition (shown left) will be out this Fall of 2021.
Visit the Addams Foundation website for more information : http://www.charlesaddams.com/