Historical Marker I’ve no idea how many New Yorker cartoonists have been honored with a historical marker.* Here’s James Thurber’s in Columbus, Ohio: It rests outside of Thurber House. More here. _________________________________________________________ James Thurber’s A-Z Entry James Thurber Born, Columbus, Ohio, December 8, 1894. Died 1961, New York City. New Yorker work: 1927 -1961, with several pieces run posthumously. According
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Jeopardy Substack Live Appearance Of Interest Jeopardy, a newish member of the Substack community will carry a live interview with Liza Donnelly this afternoon at 5:30 EST. You can see it either on: jeopary.substack.com or Ms. Donnelly’s Substack, Seeing Things Here’s what the Jeopardy folks posted online… _________________________________________________________________________ Slouching Towards Organization It’s been fun for the above mentioned Liza
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Eustace Tilley Cufflinks Of Interest From Attempted Bloggery, September 23, 2025, “Eustace Tilley New Yorker Cuffllnks” Stephen Nadler, the fellow behind the Attempted Bloggery curtain, takes a look at these interesting, and somewhat mysterious pieces (the set above are part of the Spill archives). “Mysterious” because there seems to be, at the moment, only one other known pair (offered and
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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 Note: as with last week, The New Yorker‘s digital issue, usually posted at 6:00 AM, has not yet been posted (as of 7:00 AM), so I’m forging ahead with this look at the new issue by using a listing of the
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