Weekend Spill: A New Yorker State Of Mind Deep Dives The Issue Of Oct. 22, 1932; The Tilley Watch Online, December 6-10, 2021; Ken Krimstein’s NYT’s Book Review “Sketchbook”

A New Yorker State Of Mind Looks At The October 22, 1932 Issue A fun Sunday read from the always informative blog, A New Yorker State OF Mind: Reading Every Issue Of The New Yorker Magazine. The issue’s cover is by Peter Arno. Mr. Arno’s entry on the A-Z: Peter Arno Born Curtis Arnoux Peters, Jr., January 8, 1904, New

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Weekend Spill: Happy Halloween!: An Ink Spill Interview Compendium; The Tilley Watch Online, October 25-29, 2021; Catching Up With Two Fave Blogs: A New Yorker State Of Mind & Attempted Bloggery

                                                        Happy Halloween! If the above long ago rejected proposed cover (for The New Yorker) looks familiar it’s because I sometimes drag it out and plunk it down in this spot on Halloween.

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The Weekend Spill: Latest ToonStack Posted; Mort Gerberg’s “Cartoon Pad” Conversation With Michael Shaw & Bob Eckstein; Bliss’s Cornish Fellowship Returns; More Spills: Toro, Barsotti, Hwang, and More

Latest ToonStack Posted It’s ToonStack time. The latest installment has been posted. ToonStack is a themed group effort by mostly New Yorker cartoonists. This week’s contributors include Hilary Campbell, Jason Chatfield, Ellis Rosen, Emily Flake, Johnny diNapoli, Kendra Allenby, and J.A.K.. __________________________________________________________________  Mort Gerberg’s “Cartoon Pad” Conversation With Michael Shaw & Bob Eckstein Now Posted: a brand new episode of

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Wednesday Spill: It Was 59 Years Ago…; Ward Sutton’s NYT’s Sketchbook; Daily Shouts Cartoonists; A New Yorker State Of Mind Looks At The March 26, 1932 New Yorker

It Was 59 Years Ago… Edward Koren made his New Yorker debut in the issue of May 26, 1962 with the above fellow at his typewriter. He is our longest active cartoon contributor with over 1,000 drawings (and more than three score covers) published.  Here’s his entry on the Spill‘s A-Z: Edward Koren ( photo above, Fall 2016, courtesy of

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