An Ink Spill Exclusive: Tom Toro’s 4 Page Playboy Spread Playboy‘s recently revived cartoon presence features Tom Toro in a big way, namely a four page spread in the July/August issue. Courtesy of Mr. Toro and Playboy, Ink Spill is pleased to show you the feature, “Travels With Toro” in its entirety (click on the work to enlarge):
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Lou Myers’ Times Square; The Addams Family House…in Plastic
From Attempted Bloggery, June 11, 2017, “Lou Myers in Times Square” — this piece on a Lou Myers tour de force promotional mailer from 1973. Mr. Myers, who died in November of 2005, contributed stories, cartoons and one cover to the New Yorker from 1974 through 1989. In Mr. Myers’ NYTs obit, Steven Heller wrote: “Mr. Myers developed a deceptively
Read moreMick Stevens’ Batch of the Month Club is Back; Attempted Bloggery’s “Name That Cartoonist”
Mick Stevens — one of the best there is in the New Yorker ‘s stable — has revved-up his Batch Club again. Check it out here. ___________________________________________________________________________________ Attempted Bloggery caught my attention with this Name That Cartoonist challenge. Below is a snippet of the unsigned drawing by the mystery cartoonist in question. To see the whole cartoon,
Read moreFave Photo of the Day: Nurit Karlin and Liza Donnelly; Eldon Dedini’s Concours d’Elegance Posters; Latest Addition to Ink Spill’s Archives: A 1926 New Yorker Advertising Booklet
Below’s a photo of two wonderful New Yorker cartoonists taken this morning in Tel Aviv. On the left is Liza Donnelly (no stranger to the Spill) and to the right is Nurit Karlin, who we don’t see enough of here. I think of Ms. Karlin’s work (as I think of Ms. Donnelly’s work) in the Thurber school: a simple line
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