Since this past Fall, Wednesdays here at the Spill have been referred to as “Kovarsky Wednesdays” as we’ve posted some of the late great artist’s unpublished cartoons and cover art (Mr. Kovarsky’s daughter, Gina refers to them as “sketches and preliminary forms of ideas for covers”). All of this work is in celebration of Kovarsky’s World: Covers and Cartoons From
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Tom Toro in The Paris Review; Blogs of Interest: Attempted Bloggery, New Yorker State of Mind
Tom Toro in The Paris Review Mr. Toro is illustrating a series, Life Sentence, for the Review, illustrating one sentence at a time. See his work here. _____________________________________________________________________________ Two blogs of note today, both very familiar to Spill visitors by now. The first is Stephen Nadler’s Attempted Bloggery where he has posted, “Anatol Kovarsky: Leda and the Swan” — in
Read moreUnseen Kovarsky, Pt. 3! More Unpublished Work by the Great New Yorker Artist
Here at Ink Spill, we are celebrating the upcoming must-see exhibit, “Kovarsky’s World: Covers and Cartoons from The New Yorker” at The Society of Illustrators. This is the third in a series of unpublished artwork by the late great Mr. Kovarsky, who contributed to The New Yorker from 1947 through 1969. My sincerest thanks to the Kovarsky family for
Read moreMore Unseen Kovarsky: Unpublished Cartoons and Covers!
Here at the Spill we’re celebrating the upcoming Society of Illustrators exhibit, “Kovarsky’s World: Covers and Cartoons From The New Yorker” by presenting unpublished cartoons and cover art by the late great artist. Enjoy! — all work shown here courtesy of the Kovarsky family; all art copyright the Estate of Anatol Kovarsky. Below: The Kiss (c.1955-1962) Below: Caroling on Fire Escape
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