Fave Photo Of The Week
Emily Nussbaum (a New Yorker writer, shown below top row, center)) posted this photo on social media yesterday. The photo was taken in Ellenville, New York for the occasion of a panel “Drawing Funny: Jewish Humor and the Art of the New Yorker Cartoon” at the Borscht Belt Fest 2025. Ms. Nussbaum moderated.
In the photo front row, l-r: Asher Perlman, Avi Steinberg. Back row, David Ostow, Ms. Nussbaum, and Liana Finck.
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Ken Levine Is The Latest Guest On The Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast
Ken Levine joins the CCCP crew (with guest co-host Larry Wood) on the most recent CCCP (it’s episode #212 for those keeping track). Listen here. Mr. Levine began contributing to The New Yorker in 2022.
Photo above, clockwise from top left: co-host, Beth Lawler, co-host, Paul Nesja, guest co-host, Larry Wood, co-host, Vin Coca, and Mr. Levine.
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Interview Of Interest: Peter Kuper
Peter Kuper, who’s having a very busy year, was just interviewed by The International Journal Of Comic Art: “My Running Is Drawing”: A Peter Kuper Interview
Mr. Kuper began contributing to The New Yorker in 2011. His most recent book is Insectopolis. Visit his website here.
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Latest Addition To The Spill Library: William Steig’s Strutters & Fretters
The mountain of Steig books in the Spill library has increased by one with the addition of his 1992 collection, Strutters & Fretters (or The Inescapable Self). From the inside flap:
“In this new collection of comic drawings, William Steig takes a fresh look at the Inescapable Self in its many guises — the very same subject he explored fifty years ago in his cult classic, The Lonely Ones…”
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William Steig’s A-Z Entry:
William Steig Born in Brooklyn, NY, Nov. 14, 1907, died in Boston, Mass., Oct. 3, 2003. In a New Yorker career that lasted well over half a century and a publishing history that contains more than a cart load of books, both children’s and otherwise, it’s impossible to sum up Steig’s influence here on Ink Spill. He was among the giants of the New Yorker cartoon world, along with James Thurber, Saul Steinberg, Charles Addams, Helen Hokinson and Peter Arno. Lee Lorenz’s World of William Steig (Artisan, 1998) is an excellent way to begin exploring Steig’s life and work. New Yorker work: 1930 -2003.
Peter’s new book is reviewed as well – https://ijoca.blogspot.com/2025/07/exhibit-review-peter-kupers-insectopolis.html