The just reissued Saul Steinberg 1945 collection, All In Line, caused me to dig out my 1947 paperback copy (shown above) I’ve had for quite a while. Because the paper is brittle and the pages threaten to detach, I don’t go to it very often. It took this 2024 edition to remind me — gadzooks! — that I do not
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A Not too very long ago I mentioned how much I enjoy seeing photographs of personal libraries. I thought it only fair to share a few photos of several shelves from the Spill non-cartoon library (non-cartoon, but that doesn’t mean New Yorker cartoonists aren’t somehow connected to them in some way…you’ll see). Even though the books are arranged alphabetically by
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The Tilley Watch Online, December 11-15, 2023 An end of the week listing of New Yorker artists whose work has appeared on newyorker.com features The Daily Cartoon: Will Santino, Ellis Rosen, Kit Fraser, Paul Noth, Mick Stevens. Daily Shouts: Olivia de Recat (with Timothy Cahill and Ryan Walls). _____________________________________________________________________________ Book Stories I thought it would be fun, on
Read moreToday’s Daily Cartoonist & Cartoon A kitty face app by J.A.K. who has been contributing to The New Yorker since 2014. _____________________________________ A New Yorker One-Clubber’s Cartoon Collection In today’s mail, courtesy of New Yorker writer, Bill Franzen, this never seen before (by me) 1956 Ted Key cartoon collection, Fasten Your Seat Belts!. Mr. Key will be forever known as
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