I’m not sure if Harold Ross ever made the cover of any magazine other than this August 1948 issue of The American Mercury (the twelve page in-house New Yorker parody, dated November 6, 1926, with Ross in silhouette as Eustace Tilley, is an exception). The Mercury’s nine page cover story by Allen Churchill is a quick and fun read. Dale
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Piccolo, Dernavich, Katz & more at next Fisticuffs
From Rina Piccolo’s site comes word of the next Fisticuffs line-up, and date: March 2, 2011. Joining Piccolo will be Drew Dernavich, Farley Katz and “Bizzaro’s” Dan Piraro
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Sundays usually make me think of books – don’t know why, can’t explain it, but that’s the way it’s been for a long long time. It’s the day I traditionally set out for my favorite bookstore in upstate New York. Twenty some years ago a friend suggested the store to my wife and I, saying it was a bit of
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Ink Spill was hacked late last night. Thanks to some speedy work by my site manager it is now fully back and running. To all my visitors: sorry for the inconvenience.
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