New ToonStack: “Cartoons That Predicted The Future” From ToonStack, a gathering of (mostly) New Yorker contributors, this latest post: “Cartoons That Predicted The Future” This week’s New Yorker artists are: Ellis Rosen, Amy Kurzweil, J.A.K., Navied Mahdavian, Ali Solomon, and Victor Varnado. ________________________________________________________________________ Latest Cartoon Pad Guest: Victoria Roberts Victoria Roberts is the guest on the brand new episode of
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A friend of the Spill who specializes in sending me (scans of) eye-popping books off his shelves, recently sent this in. It’s not the Dr. Seuss illustrated cover that stirred things up around here, or that the book, published in 1933, is by Frank Sullivan (sorry, Seuss, and sorry, Sullivan): No, the exciting thing about this particular copy is what
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New Addition Of An Old Edition I love it when two New Yorker folks team up in one book, such as this latest addition to the Spill‘s library: That’s New York! (Macy-Masius, 1927 ) by writer, Morris Markey and cartoonist/illustrator, Johan Bull. Bull and Markey began contributing to the magazine in its first year. In a 1937 letter to James
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An end of week accounting of New Yorker artists contributing to newyorker.com features Daily Cartoon: Jason Chatfield (with Scott Dooley), Emily Bernstein, Ali Solomon, Ward Sutton, Paul Noth, Lars Kenseth Daily Shouts: Ali Solomon Barry Blitt’s Kvetchbook: “The Impeachment Olympics”
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