More MAD The New Yorker cartoonist Jason Chatfield has a very nice round-up of thoughts about his visit to the MAD exhibit currently on display at The Norman Rockwell Museum. Lots of photos as well! Read it here. _________________________________________________________________________ Ad From The Past: “Big Hilarious Book” The Fifth New Yorker Album From the January 3, 1933 New Yorker, this
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The Spill wishes the one, the only, Edward Sorel a very happy 95th birthday. Above, Ed Sorel at the book launch for his memoir, Profusely Illustrated (Knopf, 2021). To the right: his first book, Moon Missing (Simon & Schuster, 1962). Below, a host of Sorel books, and a couple of hall of fame magazine covers: More Sorel: Edward Sorel’s website.
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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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Charles Saxon’s Home From the New Canaanite, January 4, 2024, “New Canaan Now & Then: Stevens-Verleger-Deerson-Saxon House”–-This bit of history about the late great Charles Saxon’s Connecticut home. Saxon’s A-Z Spill Entry: Charles Saxon (self portrait from Best Cartoons of the Year 1947) Born in Brooklyn, Nov 13, 1920, died in Stamford, Conn., Dec 6, 1988. New Yorker work: 1943
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