Weekend Spill: The Tilley Watch Online, June 19-23, 2023; Checking In On A New Yorker State Of Mind; Short Interview Of Interest: Bob Eckstein

                                The Tilley Watch Online, The Week Of June 19-23, 2023 An end of the week listing of New Yorker artists whose work has appeared on newyorker.com features Daily Cartoon: Paul Karasik, Ellis Rosen, Tom Toro, Drew Panckeri, Ellie Black. Barry Blitt’s Kvetchbook: “As Heat

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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” ___________________________________________________________-  

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Weekend Spill: The Tilley Watch Online, April 17-21, 2023; More Spills…

Tilley Watch Online: The Week Of April 17-21, 2023 An end of the week listing of New Yorker artists whose work has appeared on newyorker.com features The Daily Cartoon: Ben Schwartz, Brendan Loper (twice), Adam Douglas Thompson, Ellis Rosen, Yasin Osman.  Daily Shouts: Navied Mahdavian (with Bryn Durgin), Julia Wertz.  Barry Blitt’s Kvetchbook: “Rudy Giuliani Wheels And Deals” _______________________________________________________________________ …“A

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Weekend Spill: A Good Book; The Tilley Watch Online, March 6-10, 2023; Donnelly On Day Four Of Oscar Week: “Oscar Statue Day”

A Good Book I discovered Joe Mitchell‘s delightful My Ears Are Bent when I was researching my biography of Peter Arno. All of the pieces were written when Mitchell was a newspaperman, before he joined The New Yorker in 1938. Of particular interest to Spill readers are Mr. Mitchell’s three pieces on three stellar New Yorker artists: William Steig, Helen

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