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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Tuesday Spill: Late Word On Two Events With Ken Krimstein; Interview Of Interest…Sarah Akinterinwa; A Deep Dive Into The Jan. 28, 1933 New Yorker; The Cartoon Pad Pod Asks For Your “Burning Cartoon Questions”

Late Word On Two Events With Ken Krimstein My apologies for this late word, but here are two Zoom events with Ken Krimstein coming up today, one in just an hour. Mr. Krimstein, who began contributing his cartoons to The New Yorker in 2000, is the author of the highly praised When I Grow Up: The Lost Autobiographies Of Six

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Friday Spill: Attempted Bloggery Looks At A 1938 Issue Of “Stage”; New Yorker State Of Mind Deep Dives Into The December 24, 1938 Issue; More Spills: Blitt’s Kvetchbook, Yesterday’s Daily Cartoon

    Attempted Bloggery Looks At A 1938 Issue Of Stage   From Attempted Bloggery, January 7, 2022, “The New Yorker Advertises In Stage, April 1938“— a fun look at some of the art, including the new-to-my-eyes George Price illustration shown here.       A New Yorker State Of Mind Looks At  The Dec 24, 1932 New Yorker This

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