From Bob Eckstein’s weekly newsletter, The Bob, April 24, 2023, “The Passing Of A Cartoon Great” Mr. Eckstein leads off his newsletter with a tribute to the artist, Edward Koren, who passed away last week at age 87 after 60 years at The New Yorker. Bob Eckstein began contributing to The New Yorker in 2007. Visit his website here.
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Wednesday Spill: Pod Of Interest…Liza Donnelly; Product From Attempted Bloggery
Pod Of Interest…Liza Donnelly Liza Donnelly, who began contributing to The New Yorker in 1979, is a guest on Ross Crystal’s Showbiz Upfront. Listen here. __________________________________________________________________________ Product From Attempted Bloggery From Attempted Bloggery, April 12, 2023, “William Steig and Saul Steinberg: Bernad Creations Advertised in The New Yorker“ A look at ads in The New Yorker promoting product such
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Friday Spill: Ronald Searle’s B’Day Celebrated
Ronald Searle, born on this day in 1920 is featured by at least two fave Spill sites today, Jason Chatfield’s blog and Stephen Nadler’s Attempted Bloggery Mr. Searle began contributing to The New Yorker in 1966 (his A-Z entry is at he bottom of this post). Mr. Chatfield (a New Yorker contributor since 2017) includes in his Searle post
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Thurber Thursday: More New (To Me) Book Jackets; Via Attempted Bloggery, A 1933 Review Of “My Life And Hard Times”
New (To Me) Book Jackets It sometimes seems there’s a bottomless well of Thurber book jacket art. Here are four more that popped-up on a recent search. Never seen them before today. I believe that the jackets are — someone please correct me if I’m wrong — in order of their appearance, from Czechoslovakia, Turkey, Croatia, and Germany. More:
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