A special treat! In celebration of the upcoming exhibit at The Society of Illustrators, Kovarsky’s World: Covers and Cartoons From the New Yorker, the Spill is presenting unpublished work by this wonderful artist who contributed cartoons and covers to The New Yorker from 1947 through 1969. Today and next Wednesday, and possibly even a few more Wednesdays after that, I
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A Rafter of Kovarsky Turkeys; A Favorite Thanksgiving Cartoon Revisited
A Rafter of Kovarsky Turkeys Thanks to the generosity of Anatol Kovarsky’s family, here are a number of the artist’s unpublished sketches (mostly turkeys, plus a few chickens) as well as an unpublished sketch of his Thanksgiving New Yorker cover of November 24, 1962 ( the finished cover art appears as well). Mr. Kovarsky’s work will be celebrated this coming
Read moreNew American Bystander Cover Revealed; Advertising Work by New Yorker Cartoonists, Pt. 23: Anatol Kovarsky; More Spills: A Blitt Book Party
New American Bystander Cover Revealed Michael Gerber, publisher of The American Bystander has released the cover for issue #6. Needless to say the art is by Arnold Roth (needless to say because he’s signed the art and it could only be the work of Mr. Roth. No one else draws like that). If you love New Yorker cartoons, you’ll love
Read moreThe Monday Tilley Watch: The New Yorker Issue of November 27, 2017
The Monday Tilley Watch is a meandering take on the cartoons in the current issue of The New Yorker. I’ve spent a little time this morning looking through New Yorker Thanksgiving covers over the years. My all-time favorite — it’s the only cover I ever detached from the magazine (for shame!) so I could hang it on the wall —
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