56 Years Ago this Week In The New Yorker Regular visitors to the Spill know that I’ve made a habit of pulling bound volumes of “vintage” New Yorkers off the shelf, flipping through and reporting on some of the things that jump out. Here’s a quick tour of the issue of November 25, 1967. Above is a splendid drawing by
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More Thurber From Stage Magazine What you’re seeing are James Thurber’s illustrations for his December 1936 Stage Magazine review of Noel Coward’s “Tonight At 8:30.” (cover below by Abe Birnbaum)* Harrison Kinney, in his massive and terrific Thurber biography, James Thurber: His Life And Times (Henry Holt, 1995), tells us this brief story about Thurber driving to Boston to see
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Cover Group When SPX’s Warren Bernard visited Spill headquarters recently, one of the topics of conversation was illustrated books. I mentioned that, at one time, long ago, I began collecting books
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An Abe Birnbaum St. Patrick’s Day Cover Mr. Birnbaum remains one of my all-time favorite New Yorker cover artists. I do wish someone would publish a collection of his work (one hundred and forty-one New Yorker covers!). Here’s his Spill A-Z entry: Abe Birnbaum Born, New York City, 1899. Died June 19, 1966, New York City. New Yorker work: 1929
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