Some Clip Files Here at Spill headquarters, three black binders share space with some “special” bound New Yorkers (pulled out of the larger collection). I’ve found these binders useful when triple-checking what I believe to be true (in other words: fact-checking), but the clippings within are also just plain interesting as mini-biographies of colleagues who’ve passed on. While he internet
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A (Very) Brief Thurber Blurb A long road to go to see a very short blurb, but I took it. While hunting around the web for Alan Dunn’s cover for Joel Sayre‘s Rackety Rax (1932), I spotted a reference to a James Thurber blurb for Sayre’s 1933 follow-up, Hizzoner The Mayor (also with a Dunn cover). Thinking I’d find a
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Charlie Hankin’s Animated Series “The Summoner” has been picked up by Syfy. Congrats to Mr. Hankin! Read about it here. Mr. Hankin’s entry on the Spill’s A-Z: Charlie Hankin (photo courtesy of Mr. Hankin) New Yorker work: August 2013 –. Website: charliehankin.com/ Link to Mr. Hankin’s webseries (with Matt Porter):goodcopgreatcop.com/ __________________________________________________________________ Tonight’s The Night For The Very Funny Ladies
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Items Of Interest About Peter Kuper: Mr. Kuper, who began contributing to The New Yorker in 2011, has received The Jean Strouse/ Cullman Fellowship at the New York Public library (the fellowship runs from September to May). Mr. Kuper will be working on his next graphic novel. Also: World War 3, co-founded by Mr. Kuper & Seth Tobocman, and now
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