Women Laughing, “a documentary film about the women cartoonists of The New Yorker, past and present,” will have its world premiere at the Woodstock Film Festival, October 18, 2025 at 10:30 AM (est) at The Woodstock Community Center. (It will also be shown at two other, as yet unannounced, NYC/ Metro area festivals later this Fall). Text from the Festival
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Latest Addition To The Spill Archive: A Chon Day Original Drawing It’s not unusual for a Chon Day original cartoon to show up online; this particular one captured my attention because of one word in the caption (if you’re on this site, you’ll immediately figure out which word it is). Of Mr. Day’s 1000+ drawings contributed to The New Yorker,
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Cartoonists Abound For “Drawn From The New Yorker: A Centennial Celebration” A boffo opening reception last night at The Society of Illustrators for their Drawn From The New Yorker: A Centennial Celebration exhibit. Over 500 folks jammed into the Society (a record for any event ever held there). Above is a group photo (spliced together from a video taken by
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Chast A National Humanities Medalist The Spill congratulates Roz Chast on her award! She began contributing to The New Yorker in July of 1978. More information about the National Endowment for the Humanities Awards and a list of the 2022 and 2023 medalists here. Here’s the photo & text Ms. Chast posted on social media this morning: _____________________________________________________________________
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