Weekend Spill: Drawn From The New Yorker: A Centennial Exhibit At The Society Of Illustrators; Ali Solomon’s Graphic Novel; The Tilley Watch Online, December 30, 2024- January 3, 2025

Greatly looking forward to this exhibit at The Society of Illustrators, curated by long-time New Yorker contributor, Liza Donnelly Details from the SOI’s social media post:    More information here  — the drawing above is from Gluyas Williams’s New Yorker series, Fellow Citizens. This one, titled Observation Platform, was published March 11, 1933. See it in full here ________________________________________________________________ Ali Solomon’s

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Wednesday Spill: Curious Video…”A Day In The Life Of A New Yorker Cartoon”; New Yorker Festival Cartoonist Events; At The Brooklyn Book Fair: Roz Chast & Liana Finck

 Video: “A Day In The Life Of A New Yorker Cartoon”  Here’s an animated curiosity that popped up on one of my daily searches. _______________________________________ Thematically related, but otherwise unrelated… Back in 2012 Joe Dator gave us his classic “How We Do It: A Week In The Life Of A New Yorker Cartoonist” _______________________________________________________________________ New Yorker Festival Cartoonist Events Two

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Wednesday Spill: Happy 93, Ed Frascino!; Fave Photo Of The Week: Cartoonists Turn Out For Kurzweil Book Event

Happy 93, Edward Frascino! The Spill wishes the wonderful Ed Frascino a very happy birthday. His latest cartoon appears in this week’s issue of The New Yorker (see it here in this slideshow of work). Mr. Frascino’s A-Z entry:  Edward Frascino  Born, Bronx, NY. (“near the zoo”), November 15, 1930. New Yorker work: September 4, 1965 – . Collection: Avocado

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Weekend Spill: The Thurber Prize For American Cartoon Art Announced; Early Release, Barry Blitt’s King Charles New Yorker Cover; The Tilley Watch Online…April 24-28, 2023

The Thurber Prize For American Cartoon Art Announced From long-time New Yorker cartoonist, Liza Donnelly, April 29, 2023, this piece on last night’s announcement onstage in Thurber’s hometown of Columbus Ohio.  __________________________________________________________________________ Early Release: Barry Blitt’s  Cover for The New Yorker’s May 8th ’23 Issue   As happens every so often, The New Yorker shows us next week’s cover a

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