Latest Addition To The Spill Archive: A Chon Day Original Drawing It’s not unusual for a Chon Day original cartoon to show up online; this particular one captured my attention because of one word in the caption (if you’re on this site, you’ll immediately figure out which word it is). Of Mr. Day’s 1000+ drawings contributed to The New Yorker,
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As we’re in the second week of a double issue, there’s no new issue to look at. Darn. Instead, let’s take a look at an issue from this week, seventy-five years ago. Cover by Ilonka Karasz: As much as I like the cartoons in this issue, it’s the Spot drawings that really caught my eye. So here are just a
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Early Cover Release: The New Yorker, October 21, 2024 issue Next week’s cover, released three days early, with art by Owen Smith, is a rarity: a cover directly tied-in to a major piece within the magazine, “Alexei
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On The Horizon: Two R. Crumb Books Coming on tax day, 2025, a biography of R. Crumb, and a collection of his work. Crumb: A Cartoonist’s Life is by Dan Nagel; R.Crumb: Existential Comics, 1979-2004
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