Attempted Bloggery On An Auctioned Addams Family Original From Attempted Bloggery, July 22, 2022, “Charles Addams: Wednesday’s Grades” — a report on the recent Sotheby’s auction of an original Addams Family drawing. Spoiler alert: it didn’t go cheap. ___________________________________________________________________ The Tilley Watch Online, July 18-22, 2022 An end of the week listing of New Yorker artists whose work
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An end of the week listing of New Yorker artists who’ve contributed to newyorker.com features The Daily Cartoon:Ali Solomon (twice), Ellis Rosen and Brendan Loper, Kaamran Hafeez (with Al Batt), Sofia Warren and J.A.K., Ellis Rosen and J.A.K.. …and Barry Blitt’s Kvetchbook: “Hang Mike Pence?”& “3-D Latte Foam-Art” ________________________________________________________________________________
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Millie von Platen Illustrates NYTs “Summer Reading”Book Review Congrats to Millie von Platen, who began contributing to The New Yorker in September of 2020, on illustrating much of the current New York Times “Summer Reading” Book Review (including, as you see here, the cover). Terrif work! ___________________________________________________________________ The Tilley Watch Online, May 30 – June 3, 2022 An end of
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A good many books anchoring the Spill‘s library — books heavily favoring text over cartoons that is — are books by and about the White and Angell family. After hearing of Roger Angell’s passing yesterday, I spent some time looking over these books. I keep them on the shelf together — a never ending family reunion. You can’t really think
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