Tuesday Spill: Latest Additions To the Spill Library: Nicholson Baker’s “Double Fold: Libraries And The Assault On Paper” & The Cartoon Collection, “Last Laughs”

                                   Latest Additions To The Spill Library   Two additions this past week, a book by Nicholson Baker, and a book about death, edited by Mort Gerberg.  First up, Mr. Baker’s Double Fold: Libraries And The Assault On Paper, published in 2001. I’m showing

Read more

Weekend Spill: Tilley Watch Online, The Week Of May 8-12, 2023; More Spills…Ed Koren’s Film Debut; Documentary Film: “Saul Steinberg’s Line”; Ivan Ehlers’ Graphic Account Of The Writers’ Strike Picket Line; A ToonStack Tribute To Sam Gross; Wertz Reviewed; Finck’s TED; Chast & Flake Talk; Caption Contest Podcast Begins New Feature; Happy 90th, Sid Harris!

Tilley Watch Online…The Week Of May 8-12, 2023 An end of the week listing of New Yorker artists whose work has appeared on newyorker.com features The Daily Cartoon: Maggie Larson, Ellis Rosen, Brooke Bourgeois, Adam Douglas Thompson, David Sipress, Brendan Loper. Daily Shouts: Suerynn Lee, (Ginny Hogan) with J.A.K. Barry Blitt’s Kvetchbook: “Weinstein, Cosby, And Trump Play Around” ___________________________________________________________-  

Read more

Wednesday Spill: Alison Bechdel’s Friendship With Ed Koren; Latest Addition To The Spill Library Illustrated By Steinberg

  Alison Bechdel On Ed Koren From Vermont’s Seven Days, “Cartoonist Alison Bechdel Recalls Her Friendship With Ed Koren”  Also from Seven Days: “From The Publisher: ‘Love EK’” ________________________________________________________________ Latest Addition To The Spill’s Library Illustrated By Steinberg I routinely roam the internet with The New Yorker and its artists in mind, hoping to come across something new or old 

Read more