Wednesday Spill: It Was 59 Years Ago…; Ward Sutton’s NYT’s Sketchbook; Daily Shouts Cartoonists; A New Yorker State Of Mind Looks At The March 26, 1932 New Yorker

It Was 59 Years Ago… Edward Koren made his New Yorker debut in the issue of May 26, 1962 with the above fellow at his typewriter. He is our longest active cartoon contributor with over 1,000 drawings (and more than three score covers) published.  Here’s his entry on the Spill‘s A-Z: Edward Koren ( photo above, Fall 2016, courtesy of

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Weekend Spill: A (Rejected) Easter Cover Returns; Eckstein & Shaw “Cartoon Pad” Podcast Debuts; The Latest “ToonStack”: Collaborative Cartoons

It’s Easter Sunday, which means this rejected cover attempt of mine from many many years ago has been dusted off and posted. I’d be a liar if I didn’t admit to a bit of Addams influence in the piece.    Eckstein & Shaw “Cartoon Pad” Podcast Debuts The fellows who brought you The Elements Of Stress have debuted a bi-weekly

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Friday Spill: Today’s Daily Cartoon: The Ever Given In The Bedroom; Latest Blitt Kvetchbook; Daily Shouts

Today’s Daily is a timely duo effort from Ellis Rosen & Navied Mahdavian. Mr. Rosen began contributing to The New Yorker in 2016; Mr. Mahdavian in 2018. __________________________________________________ Latest Blitt Kvetchbook From Barry Blitt, who began contributing to The New Yorker in 1994: “Making Press Conferences Interesting Again”   ___________________________________________________ Daily Shouts (March 25th, 2021) From David Ostow, who began

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