Tis A Puzzlement! The Spill‘s good friend, the illustrator Tom Bloom has sent in a scan of a bookplate he found affixed to a copy of Robert Benchley’s Beside Himself. I’m posting it in hope a Spill reader will be able to shed some light on Mary E. Hemenway and her fascinating bookplate. You’ll notice Otto Soglow’s Little King
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The Tilley Watch Online, March 28 – April 1, 2022 A Listing Of New Yorker Artists Whose Work Appeared On newyorker.com Features During The Week Daily Cartoon: Mick Stevens, Tom Toro, Maik Banks*, Ali Solomon, Zoe Si. Daily Shouts: Ali Fitzgerald, Liana Finck. …Barry Blitt’s Kvetchbook: “Will Smith And Chris Rock At The Oscars: What Really Happened” __________________________________________________________________ Reminder! David
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A Gem From The Great Al Ross Looking through the most recent addition to the Spill library, a bound volume (the Louisville Public Library’s loss, our gain) of New Yorkers from May through June of 1978, I came across this terrific drawing by the late great Al Ross. I surely studied this drawing back in that first week in May
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An end of the week listing of New Yorker artists who contributed to newyorker.com features. The week of December 27-31, 2021 The Daily Cartoon: Maggie Larson, Emily Bernstein, Suerynn Lee, Mort Gerberg, Ellis Rosen. Daily Shouts: Colin Stokes (The New Yorker‘s Assistant Cartoon Editor) with Ella Quittner, Ali Fitzgerald. Barry Blitt’s Kvetchbook: “Ringing In The New Year (On Zoom)” _______________________________________________________
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