Tuesday Spill: “Addams Draws His Jokes With No Words At All”; Article Of Interest…The Daily Heller: “‘New Yorker’ Cartoonists Finally Show Their Faces”

Taking another look through a Life Magazine (dated December 7, 1942) that contains a great article on holiday New Yorker art (“Cartoon Books: “New Yorker” Art Fills New Albums”), I was reminded of this headline that accompanies a double page spread of Charles Addams’ art: Unfortunately I can’t show you the entire piece (you can see the issue’s contents by

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Tuesday Spill: Books Arrived This Month

It’s been a good month for books here at the Spill. The Barbara Shermund title, Tell Me A Story Where The Bad Girl Wins, started things off with a bang. It’s truly a must-have for any New Yorker cartoon collection. Was pleased to get hold of The New Yorker bound volume, Jan – Feb 1977. I enjoy revisiting these issues

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Tuesday Spill: A J.C. Duffy Promo Video; Latest Addition To The Spill Archives…Gomez Addams; Substack Debut Of Interest: Tina Brown’s “Fresh Hell”

A J.C. Duffy Promotional Video Here’s a two-and-a-half minute slideshow of J.C. Duffy’s work on Curated Cartoons (where you can buy original New Yorker cartoon art). Mr. Duffy created the video and also provided his own original music. He began contributing to The New Yorker in 1998. I believe that the very first meta-New Yorker cartoon was drawn by Mr.

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