The Thurber Prize For American Cartoon Art Announced From long-time New Yorker cartoonist, Liza Donnelly, April 29, 2023, this piece on last night’s announcement onstage in Thurber’s hometown of Columbus Ohio. __________________________________________________________________________ Early Release: Barry Blitt’s Cover for The New Yorker’s May 8th ’23 Issue As happens every so often, The New Yorker shows us next week’s cover a
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A Good Book I discovered Joe Mitchell‘s delightful My Ears Are Bent when I was researching my biography of Peter Arno. All of the pieces were written when Mitchell was a newspaperman, before he joined The New Yorker in 1938. Of particular interest to Spill readers are Mr. Mitchell’s three pieces on three stellar New Yorker artists: William Steig, Helen
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Liza Donnelly Returns to The Oscars Liza Donnelly, whose first New Yorker cartoon appeared in 1982, is returning to live-draw the Oscars. This will mark her 6th appearance at the big show. She announced her return this morning on her Substack, Seeing Things. Read all about it here. Ms. Donnelly made history by being the first-ever cartoonist to live-draw on
Read moreThe Tilley Watch Online, December 12-16, 2022 An end of the week listing of New Yorker artists whose work has appeared on newyorker.com features The Daily Cartoon: Ali Solomon, Amy Hwang, Julia Suits, Liza Donnelly, Mads Horwath. Daily Shouts: Mads Horwath (with Sam Corbin), Sam Marlow. Barry Blitt’s Kvetchbook: “Trump Drops More Superhero Collectibles” ____________________________________________________________________ Deal, Or No
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