Happy 95th, Ed Frascino! Wishing the terrific New Yorker artist, Ed Frascino a very very happy birthday. He began contributing to The New Yorker in 1965 (his debut cartoon appeared in the issue of September 4th). Read the Spill’s November 2020 interview with him here. Below: A Frascino New Yorker drawing, published November 21 1988 _________________________________________________________________________ The
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_____________________________________________________________________________ The Monday Tilley Watch takes a glancing look at the art and artists of the latest issue of The New Yorker The Cartoonists and Cartoons: Twenty cartoons, twenty cartoonists. No newbies. No duos, that we know of. The longest active contributing artist in this issue is Edward Frascino, whose first New Yorker drawing appeared in the issue of September
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Fave Photo Of The Week 1 Here’s Liza Donnelly in a sea of New Yorker original art for The New Yorker centennial exhibit she’s curating for The Society of Illustrators (the exhibit will open in 2025…more details to come when available). _______________________________________________________________________ Happy Birthday, Edward Frascino! The Spill wishes Mr. Frascino, at 94, The New Yorker‘s eldest active contributing
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Driving through my town late yesterday afternoon I saw a small sign stuck in the ground on the side of the road: Library Book Sale Today. So I went over to the library, parked, then walked down the grassy hill to the back door that, as long as I’ve been in this town, opens up to the used books room.
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