Weekend Spill: Article Of Interest…Darrin Bell; The Tilley Watch Online, June 26-30, 2023; Product Watch: New Yorker Poster Set

  Article Of Interest: Darrin Bell From Sactown Magazine, “The Humor, The Ardor, And The Candor Of Darrin Bell’  Mr. Bell began contributing to The New Yorker in 2016.  _______________________________________________________ The Tilley Watch Online, June 26-30, 2023 An end of the week listing of New Yorker artists whose work has appeared on newyorker.com features The Daily Cartoon:  Liza Donnelly, Sarah

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Weekend Spill: The Tilley Watch Online, May 29 – June 2, 2023; Book On The Horizon…Darrin Bell’s “The Talk”; A Visit To The Robert Andrew Parker Exhibit

                                  The Tilley Watch Online, May 29 – June 2, 2023 An end of the week listing of New Yorker artists whose work has appeared on newyorker.com features The Daily Cartoon: Brendan Loper, Paul Noth, Mick Stevens, Yasin Osman, Emily Bernstein.  Barry Blitt’s Kvetchbook:

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Weekend Spill: Emily Flake, Amy Hwang, & Chris Weyant Are National Cartoonist Society Awards Finalists; The Tilley Watch Online, May 23-27, 2022; From Attempted Bloggery…Steigs At Auction; More On Next Week’s New Yorker Cover

    Emily Flake*, Amy Hwang**, and Chris Weyant are the three finalists in the (gag***) “Gag Cartooning” division of the 2021 National Cartoonists Society Awards. In the running for the NCS’s “Cartoonist Of The Year” award are two New Yorker colleagues: Keith Knight, and Edward Sorel. And among the Advertising/Product Illustration award nominees is another New Yorker colleague, Ivan

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The Weekend Spill: Early Richter; New Blitt; Attempted Bloggery On Thurber’s Riddle; Article Of Interest: “Artist Portfolio: Amy Kurzweil”; Article Of Interest: Forgotten Caricatures Of Covarrubias; Article Of Interest: Emily Flake On Kids & Rules; Video Of Interest: “Power Of Black Ink” Panel

Early Richter I’ve always thought that the late Mischa Richter’s cartoon roots were heavily influenced by Peter Arno’s work (something he vehemently denied when I interviewed him in 1999).* This early Mischa Richter drawing currently on Ebay is interesting in that it seems to show a Steig influence. The fellow staring at the wall thermometer is right out of William

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