Thurber Thursday: The Dog Wish; Video Of Interest…Barry Blitt; Latest Addition To The Spill Archive…A William Steig Paperweight

  “Man is troubled by what might be called the Dog Wish, a strange and involved compulsion to be as happy and carefree as a dog” — James Thurber ________________________________________________________________ Video Of Interest…Barry Blitt From The New Yorker, November 4, 2024, “How The Artist Barry Blitt Turns Politics Into Cartoon Cover Gold”  Mr. Blitt has been contributing to The New

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Wednesday Spill: Jules Feiffer At Home; Emily Sanders Hopkins On Her “Women Laughing” Experience; Article Of Interest…Barry Blitt; Latest Addition To The Spill Archive…A Stack Of Cartoonist PROfiles; Burger King’s Addams Family Purple Bun & More

Jules Feiffer’s NYTs Profile From The New York Times, October 8, 2024, “At Home With Jules Feiffer” — the paper of record visits the noted artist & writer in his upstate New York home. Mr. Feiffer began contributing to The New Yorker in 1992. In the 2000 Valentine’s Day issue of The New York Times, Mr. Feiffer had this to

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Weekend Spill: Tilley Watch Online, The Week Of September 30 – October 4, 2024; Seeing “Married To Comics”

Tilley Watch Online, The Week Of September 30 – October 4, 2024 An end of the week listing of New Yorker artists whose work has appeared on newyorker.com features The Daily Cartoon: Brendan Loper, Ellie Black, Jimmy Craig, Tom Toro, Alison Wong (an online only cartoonist). Daily Cartoon Gallery Shouts & Murmurs: Erika Sjule, “Ten Things I Miss Now That

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