Back In 1981… I wish I was paying more attention back in 1981, when Christie’s (East) auctioned a number of fabulous original drawings from Thurber’s classic New Yorker series, “The War Between Men and Women.” (Sorry the screenshot is so poor — I took it off of a poor quality online scan of the auction catalog). The expected price range
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Happy 95th, R.O. Blechman! The Spill wishes the terrif New Yorker cover artist, R.O. Blechman a very happy 95th birthday. Mr. Blechman’s A-Z Entry: R.O. Blechman (photo: Hillsdale, NY, 2017. photo by Elwood Smith ). Born, New York, October1, 1930. New Yorker work: Mr. Blechman is, among many other editorial and commercial pursuits, a cover artist for The New Yorker,
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Interview Of Interest…Douglas Florian I recently came across this article from The Weird Show, September 2, 2023, “Studio Visit: Douglas Florian — Collapsing Grids and Living Language” — a short interview with a Spill favorite New Yorker artist, Douglas Florian, whose work has not been seen in The New Yorker since 1984. Mr. Florian contributed 44 cartoons between March 21,
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The Monday Tilley Watch takes a glancing look at the art and artists of the latest issue of The New Yorker As with the past two Mondays, The New Yorker digital issue was not posted as usual at 6 AM, and as of 9:00 AM is still not posted. Perhaps this is the new norm(?). I’ll piece together, as best I
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