A Group…Arno, Arno, Sorel, Koren This see-sawing weather day (cloudless, cloudy, warm, chilly) seemed a good time to put together another group of New Yorker folks. From the top left: an original sketch page (undated) by Peter Arno,
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Tag: Ed Arno
Tuesday Spill: Personal History…A Tilley Box Under The Tree
Personal History: A Tilley Box Under The Tree It’s not unusual that our family here at Spill headquarters is New Yorker-centric. Years ago, my New Yorker colleague (& wife), Liza Donnelly and I told CBS News that our kids grew up speaking cartoon. They can usually ID which cartoonist we’re talking about just by hearing the cartoonist’s first name: For
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Tuesday Spill: Latest Addition To the Spill Library: The American Cartoon Album
Bob Abel, co-editor of The Funnies: An American Idiom, whose creds also include working for Humorama (in Mr. Abel’s words)”a pre-pubescent conglomerate of eight humor magazines” and Ad Lib (again, in Mr. Abel’s words) a publication “which featured cartoonists no one else was publishing very much” came out with this 9″x12″ hard cover collection of cartoons from many of the
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Friday Spill: Personal History…Desk Moving
Personal History…Desk Moving I’m not sure how other cartoonists feel about moving their desks (their work areas) around their homes. My impression, from visiting colleagues over the years is that they find a spot and stay put. That hasn’t been my experience though. Since moving into this house, more than thirty years ago, I’ve traveled four times, from room to
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