Janis Joplin’s Thurber From the Dept Of I Didn’t See This Coming: Reading through Dwight Garner’s New York Times review of the new Janis Joplin biography, “Janis,” by Holly George- Warren: “She named a dog Thurber, after James Thurber, the New Yorker humor writer.” — left: Thurber and Ms. Joplin ___________________________________________________ Today’s Daily Cartoonist & Cartoon From Barbara Smaller,
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Obscure Gluyas Williams From Bloom’s Vault; Today’s Daily Cartoonist & Cartoon; A Cartoon Excerpt From “Everyone’s A Critic” On Lit Hub
Obscure Gluyas Williams From Bloom’s Vault Tom Bloom, who has graciously provided these images from his collection, tells the Spill that the below were “produced as samples for a paper mill c. 1950 or so…the artwork still looks quite crisp (as usual). Each one opens up like a booklet and then again as a broadside presenting examples of printing, paper,
Read moreThe Monday Tilley Watch, The New Yorker Issue Of October 28, 2019
The Cover: Trick or treaters in the woods courtesy of Liniers. To me, the creatures appearing in this cover seem to be above-sea-level up-in-the-trees relatives of Ed Steed’s August 26th cover’s creatures. I’m reminded of the fun fans had years ago by hunting for The Beatles faces on the cover of The Rolling Stones album, Their Satanic Majesties Request. Details
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The Cover: A debut by Olimpia Zagnoli. According to The New Yorker‘s art editor, Francoise Mouly, the cover is a tribute to Pride Month. Read about the cover here. Note: with this issue the cover artist’s name has been returned to the Contributors page (p.4) after disappearing for the past two issues. The Cartoonists: Co-credited cartoons are not as
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