From Japan: The Dog Department The other day I ran across this interesting cover for the Japanese edition of Thurber’s The Dog Department. I don’t know about you, but I can never get enough Thurber dog drawings; this cover doesn’t disappoint. The book, edited by the fab Michael Rosen, was originally published in the US in 2001 (the US cover
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Tuesday Spill: A Mick Stevens Exhibit On Martha’s Vineyard; Liza Donnelly On Amy Hwang; Audio Of Interest…Emily Sanders Hopkins With Marshall Hopkins; Oh The Places Cartoons Go!
A Mick Stevens Exhibit On Martha’s Vineyard One of the funniest people on the planet will be exhibiting (some of) his New Yorker work beginning this week. Mr. Stevens began contributing to The New Yorker in 1979. Mick Stevens A-Z Entry: Mick Stevens Born March 11, 1942, Portland, Oregon. New Yorker work: December 17, 1979- . Key collections: If Ducks
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Saturday Spill: New Yorker Cartoonists Substacks
New Yorker Cartoonists Substacks Substacks by New Yorker cartoonists (if I’ve neglected to include someone, please let me know. I’ll continue to add to the list). Kyle Bravo: Kyle Bravo Cartoons…Mr. Bravo began contributing to The New Yorker in 2023. Visit his
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Tuesday Spill: Chast A National Endowment For The Arts Medalist; Pub Day for Bruce Eric Kaplan’s “They Went Another Way: a Hollywood Memoir”; Fave Photo Of The Week…An Algonquin Roundtable Of Cartoonists
Chast A National Humanities Medalist The Spill congratulates Roz Chast on her award! She began contributing to The New Yorker in July of 1978. More information about the National Endowment for the Humanities Awards and a list of the 2022 and 2023 medalists here. Here’s the photo & text Ms. Chast posted on social media this morning: _____________________________________________________________________
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