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An Anniversary Note:
Five years ago this month I began Ink Spill with the idea of making it an online gathering place for all different kinds of information and material concerning The New Yorker‘s cartoons and cartoonists. I’m so pleased the site has found a loyal following, and that it continues to attract more and more visitors. Last year, two million hits were recorded. This year’s hits, as of today, are over three million. My thanks to all of you who come by the site and to all my colleagues at The New Yorker who have been so very generous with their contributions here.
As we amble through our sixth year, visitors can expect to see more additions to the New Yorker Cartoonists Library, more interviews with the magazine’s cartoonists, and more additions to the New Yorker Cartoonists A-Z. Who knows, there might even be a couple of One Club cartoonists still to be found (The One Club is a cadre of cartoonists who contributed just one drawing to The New Yorker during their careers).
Among the big events coming up: this Fall there’ll be a brand new New Yorker Best Cartoons of the Year on the newsstands (Ink Spill will provide a complete Index to the cartoonists represented), and there’s bound to be a lot of excitement when The New Yorker leaves mid-town Manhattan for the first time in its life and heads downtown to its new offices in the World Trade Center. And of course, there’ll be plenty of hoopla accompanying the magazine’s 90th birthday in February of 2015.
As always, Ink Spill will continue its daily updates on what New Yorker cartoonists are doing inside and outside of the magazine.
— Michael Maslin
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Charlie Hankin is half of Good Cop Great Cop. Read an interview with he and Matt Porter here. Also, here’s a link to their upcoming work, Nancy Pelosi.