There’s a little bit of Thurber in this Thurber Thursday post, as one of his illustrations appears on The Pocket Entertainer book cover and one of his collections is mentioned later on, but the post really is about the small Summer New Yorker library I’ve put together over the years with yard sale finds and library book sales. Not
Read moreNo Monday Tilley Watch today as we’re in the second half of a double issue stretch (the latest issue is dated July 6 & 13, 2020). The next new issue, dated July 20, 2020 will be out next Monday). Just for fun, I thought I’d dust-off and update the Glossary I compiled some years back for a newyorker.com feature. The
Read moreHere are a few scenes from last night’s merry New Yorker Holiday Party. A happy throng filled a giant room on the 33rd floor of 1 World Trade Center. All photos courtesy of Liza Donnelly, unless otherwise attributed. My thanks to cartoonists Liza Donnelly, Joe Dator, Felipe Galindo, and Jason Chatfield for their photos. Left: New Yorker editor, David Remnick
Read moreSpecial Screening Of Stevenson Lost And Found For New Yorker Cartoonists The Spill has learned there’ll be a special screening for all New Yorker cartoonists next Tuesday of the documentary film, Stevenson Lost And Found. I asked the film’s director, Sally Williams to explain how this came about: The idea for this screening came about from Nathan Fitch who is
Read moreNew Yorker Cartoons On The Empire State Building Walls The iconic Empire State Building now boasts half-a-dozen New Yorker cartoons on its walls. One each by Robert Leighton, Liana Finck, John O’Brien, Tom Cheney, Jason Patterson, and Frank Modell. Through the courtesy of Mr. Leighton (who is shown below, at The Empire State Building, with his drawing*) the Spill shows
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