Tuesday Spill: “At Wit’s End” Radio Appearance Of Interest; Book On The Horizon…Karasik, and Auster’s “New York Trilogy”

At Wit’s End Radio Appearance Of Interest   Very pleased to join my At Wit’s End: Cartoonists Of The New Yorker partner, the photographer Alen MacWeeney tomorrow, December 18th, on WNYC’s “All Of It with Alison Stewart” sometime between 12:30 – 1:00 pm (EST). You can listen, live, here.     ____________________________________________________________________ Book On The Horizon…Karasik & Auster’s New York

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Monday Tilley Watch: Event Of Great Interest…”Drawn From The New Yorker: A Centennial Celebration”; The New Yorker “Cartoons & Puzzles” Issue Of December 23, 2024

“Drawn From The New Yorker: A Centennial Celebration”     Longtime New Yorker contributor, Liza Donnelly has curated a whiz-bang of a show at The Society of Illustrators, properly kicking off 2025, the 100th anniversary of The New Yorker‘s birth. “Drawn From The New Yorker: A Centennial Celebration” features well over a hundred pieces of original art covering the magazine’s

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Friday Spill: Article Of Interest…Bruce Eric Kaplan; 1980s Coffee Ad Featuring Robert Weber Animation…Maybe; Ken Krimstein Talks To Gil Roth; Liana Finck Signs; Bob Eckstein’s Top 16 Cartoons

Article Of Interest…Bruce Eric Kaplan From The Los Angeles Daily News, December 12, 2024, “Cartoonist and TV Vet Bruce Eric Kaplan Details the Hollywood Life in Memoir”. Mr. Kaplan began contributing to The New Yorker in 1991. His latest book is They Went Another Way; A Hollywood Memoir. ________________________________________________________ 1984 Coffee Ad Features Robert Weber Animation (Maybe) My colleague, Joe

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Thurber Thursday: The After-Shave Club

The After-Shave Club Who knew! Once upon a time, long ago, there was an after-shave club (at least in the minds of ad folks). Here’s an ad showing a drawing by New Yorker  artist and club member, Alajalov. As you see in the copy, James Thurber lent his name to Aqua Velva’s campaign. One didn’t need to do anything but

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