The Digital “Interviews Issue” The last time we saw a “digital issue” was the summer of 2022 (the Spill had a lot to say about it) and less to say about the first digital issue. left: the summer of ’22’s digital issue I could be completely wrong — I hope I am –but the march of technology suggests the
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Live Event Of Interest With Ali Fitzgerald From The University of Nebraska, “Comics and Coffee — Ali Fitzgerald” Ali Fitzgerald began contributing to The New Yorker in 2016. Visit her website here. _____________________________________________________________________ The Tilley Watch Online is an end of the week listing of New Yorker artists whose work has appeared on newyorker.com features The Daily Cartoon: Brooke Bourgeois,
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_______________________________________________________________________ Attempted Bloggery & Buying Books “Sight Unseen” Here’s another installment in the Attempted Bloggery series “Sight Unseen” which describes books bought despite patchy info provided by the seller. This particular purchase turned out well for Stephen Nadler (the fellow behind the Attempted Bloggery curtain). Go here to read more. Two lions of The New Yorker cartoon world, and the
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The Very First Published Thurber Drawing Edwin T. Bowden’s James Thurber: A Bibliography, the must-have book for Thurbermaniacs tells us that Thurber’s very first published drawing in a periodical, shown above*, was in Ohio State University’s Sun-Dial, November, 1917. It was followed by seven more drawings in the same paper, the last appearing March 7, 1918. The timeline for Thurber’s
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