Thurber Thursday: From Japan…”The Dog Department”; Live At 4 Today, Emily Sanders Hopkins & Liza Donnelly In Conversation

From Japan: The Dog Department  The other day I ran across this interesting cover for the Japanese edition of Thurber’s The Dog Department. I don’t know about you, but I can never get enough Thurber dog drawings; this cover doesn’t disappoint. The book, edited by the fab Michael Rosen, was originally published in the US in 2001 (the US cover

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Wednesday Spill: Tom Toro Is The Latest Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast Guest; Fave Photo Of The Day

Tom Toro Is The Latest Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast Guest Tom Toro, who has shown up quite a bit on the Spill lately, turns up once again. This time he’s on a Spill fave site, the Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast. Listen here!  Above, clockwise from top left…co-hosts VinCoca, Paul Nesja, Beth Lawler, and Nicole Chrolavicius, and Mr. Toro. Visit Tom

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Tuesday Spill: Event: Lia Strasser & Bizzy Coy At Catskills Comedy Festival; Tom Toro At LitQuake; A New Yorker 100 Poster; Cartoonist In The News: Jon Adams

Event Of Interest: New Yorker Cartoonist Duo Strasser & Coy The duo of Lia Strasser and Bizzy Coy began contributing to The New Yorker in May of 2024. Below: online info about their upcoming appearance. Festival info here            ______________________________________________________________ Event Of Interest: Tom Toro   From Evenbright, this notice of a LitQuake appearance by Tom

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Weekend Spill: Felipe Galindo’s “The New Yorker Magazine Turns 100”; Interview Of Interest…Hilary Campbell; Asher Perlman Book Tour Schedule; The Tilley Watch Online, September 1-5, 2025

Felipe Galindo: “The New Yorker Magazine Turns 100” From the FECO Bulletin #86, “The New Yorker Magazine Turns 100” by Felipe Galindo (aka feggo). Mr. Galindo began contributing to The New Yorker in October of 2002. Visit his website here. Speaking of Mr. Galindo… From Hyperallergic, August 28, 2025, “Smithsonian Gallery Quietly Closes For Nine Months”  …a non-New Yorker Galindo drawing appears

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