The Spill wishes the great cartoonist Sam Gross a very very Happy Birthday! Here’s Mr. Gross’s Spill A-Z entry: Sam Gross Born 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
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It’s a funny thing: in all these years of mentioning Thurber’s classic “What have you done with Dr. Millmoss?” as a life-changer when I was about 16 (most recently in last night’s Norman Rockwell live stream) I’ve always failed to mention that my first encounter with Thurber was several years earlier, when my 10th grade English class was instructed to
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Wednesday afternoon, August 5th: And now that power is restored both at Spill headquarters and up in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, the Norman Rockwell Museum event tonight at 5:30 is on. Liza Donnelly & I will chit-chat about New Yorkery cartoon things and take questions. See you then live on Zoom (if you registered in time yesterday) or on the Norman Rockwell
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UPDATE (@4:00pm) Due to weather issues in the Stockbridge, Massachusetts area, the Conversation with Liza Donnelly and myself is postponed until tomorrow evening at 5:30 on The Norman Rockwell Museum’s YouTube channel for “Cartoon Marriage: A Conversation”… Note to Readers: Continued apologies for the site experiencing issues with links & graphics. Technicians working to solve the problem. ______________________________________________________________________________ Today’s
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Note to Readers: Ink Spill was down nearly all of yesterday due to who knows what (that’s as technical as I get). Sorry about that. The Monday Tilley Watch is off this week as we’re in the second week of a double issue (August 3 & 10, 2020). Just for fun I thought I’d take a quick look at the
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