Let The Pre-Laughing Begin: Joe Dator’s “Inked” An advance copy of Joe Dator’s Inked has arrived in the mail. The book’s not out til October, so in the spirit of pre-ordering (which I hope Spill visitors will do), I’m pre-laughing. This is not a review of Mr. Dator’s book (the Spill doesn’t review colleagues’ books) — not a review, but
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Word has reached the Spill from “Stevenson: Lost and Found” Producer, Sally Williams that the film will begin streaming on Amazon this week. This is great news for those who missed it as well as for those who wish to see it again. Mr. Stevenson is in all likelihood the magazine’s most prolific New Yorker cartoonist contributor, with nearly two
Read more___________________________________________________________________________ Attempted Bloggery On Groucho’s Hokinson Festival Here’s a fun post from Stephen Nadler’s Attempted Bloggery on Groucho Marx’s copy of The Hokinson Festival spotted in a photo. The Festival, published seven years after Ms. Hokinson’s death, is a great addition to any cartoon library. A bonus: it includes color plates of a few of her sixty-eight New Yorker covers.
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The National Cartoonists Society Festival, Online & Free To All Usually an invitation-only formal event held in a convention center, this year’s NCS Festival will be online and open to all. Live streaming begins Saturday morning at 10am (est), September 12th. Here’s the schedule. Browsing the event schedule and list of nominees I noticed these New Yorker folks mentioned: Jason
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