Friday Spill: SPX’s Special Guests Include 3 New Yorker Cartoonists; Drew Dernavich Guests On The Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast

SPX 2022 Special Guests   The Small Press Expo has posted a number of special guests for their September get-together in Maryland. Among the guests are three New Yorker contributors:  Keith Knight, who began contributing to The New Yorker in 2019, Sofia Warren, who began contributing in 2017, and Lonnie Millsap, who began contributing in 2018.  More information here at

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Friday Spill: Two Podcasts Of Interest

Two Podcasts Of Interest Alex Gregory, who began contributing to The New Yorker in 1999 (and who, we learn in this podcast, stopped contributing 20 years later) is the guest on this week’s CCCP. Above, top left, going clockwise: Vin Coca, Beth Lawler, Alex Gregory, and Paul Nesja. Listen here.  _________________________________________________________________________ And…on the podcast, Moxie By Proxie, Sarah Getz, the

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Friday Spill: From The Sports Desk… Jason Chatfield On The New Yorker vs New York Magazine; Adam Sacks Guests On The Latest Caption Contest Podcast

From The Sports Desk: Jason Chatfield On The New Yorker vs New York Magazine    — Jason Chatfield will be covering New Yorker baseball news for the Spill, sending in dispatches all season from the field. Here’s his report on the June 7th 2022 game:  The New Yorker softball team played their first match for the season last night, albeit in

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Friday Spill: The New Yorker’s Roger Angell Has Died; Virtual Conversation Of Interest…David Sipress & Pat Byrnes; Lars Kenseth Is The Latest Guest On The Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast

The New Yorker’s Roger Angell Has Died Here’s The New Yorker‘s editor, David Remnick on Mr. Angell, who died today at age 101. And here’s The New York Times obit, written by Dwight Garner.    Here’s a link to Mr. Angell’s wonderful piece on New Yorker cartoons, “Congratulations! It’s A Baby”  that appeared in the magazine December 15, 1997: (sorry,

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