Latest Addition To The Spill Library…A 1976 William Hamilton Collection A regular stop when I visit Northampton, Massachusetts is The Raven, a terrif used bookstore located just off of Main Street. Although the comic/comix/cartoon section is small, I ran across a number of interesting New Yorker-centric titles while there yesterday, including Steinberg At The New Yorker, Roz Chast’s Can
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SPX 2022 Special Guests The Small Press Expo has posted a number of special guests for their September get-together in Maryland. Among the guests are three New Yorker contributors: Keith Knight, who began contributing to The New Yorker in 2019, Sofia Warren, who began contributing in 2017, and Lonnie Millsap, who began contributing in 2018. More information here at
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From The Spill’s Sports Desk: Chatfield’s Update Jason Chatfield (New Yorker cartoonist & New Yorker softball team member) has filed this update from the field: After a thrashing at the hands of Forbes in Riverside Park last week (15 to 1… oof!) The New Yorker Softball team had a victory in Central Park against longtime rivals The Paris Review last
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Drew Dernavich’s 5th Cartoon Caption Contest Pod Appearance Mr. Dernavich, who began contributing to The New Yorker in 2002 joins pod hosts, Vin Coca, Beth Lawler, and Paul Nesja for a record 5th appearance. Listen to it here. Drew Dernavich’s website.
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