Weekend Spill: Happy Birthday, Sam Gross!; Tilley Watch Online, August 1-5, 2022; Personal History…New York, New York: If You Can Draw There, You Can Draw Anywhere; Catching Up With Two Favorite Blogs

      Happy Birthday Sam Gross!             The Spill wishes the great Sam Gross a Very Happy Day.   Here’s his Spill A-Z entry: Sam Gross Born August 7, 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

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Tuesday Spill: A New Yorker State Of Mind On Two April ’33 Issues; NYT’s Piece Of Interest: Conde Nast’s C.E.O….”This Is No Longer A Magazine Company”

A New Yorker State Of Mind On Two April ’33 Issues As always with every post from A New Yorker State Of Mind: Reading Every Issue Of The New Yorker Magazine, much to dig into. Check it out here.  Cover artists: Helen Hokinson, on the left, and Garrett Price on the right. _________________________________________________________ New York Times Podcast Of Interest: Conde

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Friday Spill: Chris Weyant On The Caption Contest Podcast; A Mick Stevens Original Auctioned For A Song; Author Talk Of Interest: Liza Donnelly; Paul Karasik On Philip K. Dick; A New Yorker State Of Mind On The New Yorker’s 8th Anniversary Issue; More “Maus”

Chris Weyant On The Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast The 50th New Yorker Caption Contest Podcast has been posted with Chris Weyant as the guest. Paul Nesja, Beth Lawler, and Vin Coca are the hosts. Hear it here.  Chris Weyant began contributing to The New Yorker in 1998. Visit his website here.  –Clockwise from top left: Paul Nesja, Beth Lawler, Chris

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