Weekend Spill: New Yorker Cover Artist, Istvan Banyai: 1949-2022; The Tilley Watch Online, February 13-17, 2023; Book On The Horizon From Ellis Rosen; Late Library Addition: A National Lampoon Treasury

  New Yorker Cover Artist, Istvan Banyai: 1949-2022 The New York Times has reported the death of Istvan Banyai, who, contributed “more than a dozen” covers to The New Yorker, including the one shown here. The Times notes that Mr. Banyai died in mid-December of 2022.  From The Norman Rockwell Museum: “Istvan Banyai”  Wikipedia entry: “Istvan Banyai” From The Conde

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Weekend Spill: Francoise Mouly On Aline Kominsky-Crumb; Book On The Horizon: Ellis Rosen’s “Dink!”; The Tilley Watch Online, November 28-December 2, 2022; Jason Chatfield’s Stoop Finds

  Francoise Mouly On The Passing Of Aline Kominsky-Crumb When I saw the sad news of Aline Kominsky-Crumb’s passing the other day, I got up from my work table and walked a few steps to a bookshelf that holds the small number of “underground” comics I’ve managed to hold onto since the mid 1970s. I knew that I wouldn’t have

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