Latest Cartoon Pad, With Guest Jason Chatfield This new-ish fun series, with hosts, New Yorker cartoonists, Bob Eckstein and Michael Shaw, continues with today’s episode featuring Jason Chatfield. Bob Eckstein began contributing to The New Yorker in 2007; Michael Shaw in 1999; Jason Chatfield in 2017. ______________________________________________________________ Interview Of Interest: Barry Blitt From Connecticut Magazine, May 27, 2021, “New
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The Latest ToonStack: “Alternative Selves” The latest ToonStack, a weekly themed post by (mostly) New Yorker cartoonists has been posted. With the TS crowd growing in size, the Spill will dispense with listing its contributors. You can find out who they are and see their “Alternative Selves” (this week’s theme) here. _______________________________________________________________________ The Happiness Of Being High Bidder — For
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Fave Photo Of The Weekend: Harold & Harpo (Ross & Marx) The below photo, dated June of 1931, hitherto unseen (by me) came to the Spill courtesy of Steve Stoliar, who knows his Marx Brothers. Here’s Mr. Stoliar on the photo: “Taken at the Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco when Harpo and Harold were staying while in town to greet
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Peter Arno’s Dust Jackets, 1927-1945 A by-product of writing a book is the accumulation of materials hunted and gathered during the research. When I was full speed ahead on researching the Peter Arno biography back in 1999 thru 2015, I came by a lot of “stuff” including all but one of the books you see below. Beggars Abroad, by Jim
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