Weekend Spill: Roz Chast Opening In Connecticut; Tilley Watch Online, The Week Of September 4-8, 2023

Roz Chast Opening In Connecticut From Chronogram, “Two New Exhibitions At Carol Corey Fine Art In Kent: Roz Chast And Dozier Bell”  Ms. Chast began contributing to The New Yorker in July of 1978. Visit her website here.  (My thanks to Stephen Nadler of Attempted Bloggery for the reminder)    ____________________________________________________________________ Tilley Watch Online, The Week Of September 4-8, 2023

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Tuesday Spill: That Was Then, This Is Now

This week’s republication of a 1936 James Thurber New Yorker cover sent me over the moon  (honestly, any Thurber art on the cover would’ve). It also sent me back, via The New Yorker‘s online archive to that year’s covers, and cover artists. Anytime I look at issues of many years gone by I experience a that was then, this is

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Tuesday Spill: In Conversation…Julia Wertz; Podcast Of Interest…Barry Blitt; New Book On The Horizon…Illustrated By Tom Toro

In Conversation: Julia Wertz      From The Mary Sue, June 12, 2023, “Of Comics, Children, And Community: In Conversation With Julia Wertz” Julia Wertz began contributing to The New Yorker in 2015. Her latest book is Impossible People: A Completely Average Recovery Story (Running Press).  Visit her website here.  ________________________________________________________________ Podcast Of Interest: Barry Blitt From Print Is Dead

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