Friday Spill: Attempted Bloggery On An Auctioned Arno; Catching Up With A New Yorker State Of Mind; Exhibit Of Interest At The Society Of Illustrators

Attempted Bloggery On An Auctioned Arno It’s always fun to see original New Yorker art up for grabs, especially something from one of the grand masters. A Spill favorite site, Attempted Bloggery tells us about a recent sale of the 1964 Peter Arno drawing shown here. Read it here.       __________________________________________________________   Catching Up With…A New Yorker State Of

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Wednesday Spill: Liza Donnelly Speaks On “The Power Of Humor”; Catching Up With…”A New Yorker State Of Mind”

Liza Donnelly Speaks on “The Power Of Humor”   From New Paltz News, October 4, 2022, “‘The Power Of Humor’: A Distinguished Speaker Series Event With Liza Donnelly, Oct 18”  Ms. Donnelly’s first New Yorker cartoon appeared in 1982. Her latest book is Very Funny Ladies: The New Yorker’s Women Cartoonists Link here to her website.   ____________________________________________________________ Catching Up With…A

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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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