Weekend Spill: New Yorker Cartoon Editor Emma Allen At The Reuben Awards; Tilley Watch Online, The Week Of August 21-25, 2023; Books…An Interview With Amy Kurzweil; Navied Mahdavian’s Book Tour

                    New Yorker Cartoon Editor Emma Allen At The Reuben Awards  Emma Allen, front and center, holding a box of cartoon submissions, appears on this promotional piece by Ed Steckley for the National Cartoonists Society 77th Reuben Awards. Ms. Allen will be part of a panel discussion, moderated by New Yorker

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Friday Spill: Bruce Petty…1929-2023; Early Release…New Yorker Cover; Video Interview Of Interest…Zareen Choudhury; Amy Kurzweil’s New Book; Ed Himelblau Is Latest Cartoon Caption Contest Guest

Bruce Petty…1929-2023 Mr. Petty, who contributed 62 cartoons to The New Yorker between 1959 and 1969, died yesterday at age 93. From The Daily Cartoonist, April 6, 2023: Bruce Petty And here’s an obit from his home country: The Sunday Morning Herald, April 6, 2023, “Bruce Petty, Cartoonist, Sculptor, and Oscar Winner, Dies Age 93”  His first New Yorker cartoon

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Weekend Spill: Latest Addition To The Spill Library…William Steig’s 1st Collection; The Latest Cartoon Pad Guest: Marisa Acocella; New ToonStack Posted

Latest Addition To The Spill’s Library…William Steig’s 1st Collection It’s taken awhile to get hold of a dust jacketed copy of William Steig’s very first cartoon collection, Man About Town but finally one has arrived here at Spill headquarters. Published in 1932 by Ray Long & Richard R. Smith; hard cover, unpaginated, on good paper stock that has held the

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