Gayle Kabaker‘s charming cover kicks off summertime ’18 (you can read about the cover here). Just for fun I’m showing the cover of every last issue of May from 1925 through 2015, one from each decade. May 30, 1925: Ilonka Karasz; May 25, 1935: Constantin Alajalov; May 26, 1945: Constantin Alajalov; May 28, 1955: A. Birnbaum; May 29, 1965: Arthur
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A Foot of Rejected Cartoons
Rejection is a New Yorker cartoonist’s constant companion. We are rejected every single week we submit work to the magazine (I’ve heard tales of contributors selling up to a half-dozen drawings out of one batch, but I’ve yet to hear of a contributor selling their entire batch. Please advise if that’s ever happened). Example: I submit cartoons weekly to the
Read moreThe New Yorker’s Cartoon Editor on Kanye and the Caption Contest; Commencement Speaker of Interest: Seth; A Favorite Blog; A New Yorker Cover Artist of Interest: Cannaday Chapman
The New Yorker’s Cartoon Editor on Kanye and The Caption Contest Read what Emma Allen, the New Yorker‘s cartoon editor has to say about the Kanye Caption Contest thing going on. ______________________________________________________________________ Commencement Speaker of Interest: Seth All the info on the poster above and some more here. __________________________________________________________________________ A Spill Fave Blog: A New Yorker State of Mind: Reading
Read moreVideo of Interest: New Yorker’s Cartoon Editor Talks to Caption Contest Whiz Kid; New Yorker State of Mind’s Look at the March 30, 1929 New Yorker
Video of Interest: New Yorker’s Cartoon Editor Talks To Caption Contest Whiz Kid Part one of New Yorker cartoon editor, Emma Allen’s vid-chat with Alice Kassnove, the 9 year old Caption Contest Whiz Kid whose contest captions went viral not long ago. See it here. ________________________________________________________________ A New Yorker State of Mind’s Latest Post One of the Spill‘s favorite blogs,
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