HAPPY BIRTHDAY EDWARD KOREN! The Spill wishes the one-and-only Edward Koren a very happy 87th birthday! Mr. Koren is The New Yorker‘s longest active contributing artist. His first New Yorker cartoon appeared in the issue of May 26, 1962. Visit his website here. The Spill‘s interview with Ed Koren appeared earlier this year. Read it here. ________________________________________________________________________ Coming in
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Very sad news tonight from Martha Lorenz, that her father, Lee Lorenz, The New Yorker‘s art editor from 1973 -1993, and cartoon editor from 1993 – 1997, passed away Thursday morning at his home in Connecticut. Lee contributed cartoons and covers to The New Yorker for fifty-seven years, from 1958 through 2015. Born in Hackensack, New Jersey, Lee attended Carnegie
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Continuing a Spill Thanksgiving tradition (and a chance for this one to see the light of day again), this one of mine from The New Yorker, October 16, 2006. _____________________________________________________________ Bob Eckstein Is the Latest Guest On The Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast Bob Eckstein, who began contributing to the magazine in 2007, is the world’s leading Snowman expert, as well
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Pod Of Interest: George Booth Discussed On The Cartoon Pad New Yorker cartoonist, David Borchart discusses the great George Booth, with New Yorker cartoonist colleagues Michael Shaw and Bob Eckstein. Mr. Booth passed away last week at age 96. Listen here. — Above: George Booth and David Borchart, NYC, 2017. Photo by Liza Donnelly. David Borchart began contributing to The
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