Stoliar’s Addams Birthday Salute With Steve Stoliar‘s permission, I’m showing you his Addams Birthday tribute in its entirety (as seen on Facebook): On this day in 1912, Charles Samuel Addams was born in Westfield, New Jersey. His macabre cartoons festooned copies of “The New Yorker” magazine from 1933 until his death in 1988 and – of course – spawned “The
Read moreMick Stevens And Paul Karasik Think In Ink This Monday New Yorker cartoonist cohorts Paul Karasik (left) and Mick Stevens will be in conversation this coming Monday on the island of Martha’s Vineyard. All the information here. As previously mentioned on the Spill, there is currently an exhibit on the island of Mr. Stevens cartoons. ______________________________________________________________________________ American Bystander’s Michael Gerber
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The Ink Spill Interview: Edward Koren Of the nearly 700 artists who have contributed cartoons to The New Yorker in its 97 years, Edward Koren is among the half-dozen who have contributed 60 years or more. 60 years of cartoons and covers! That is a massive amount of commitment, resilience, artistry,
Read moreMarisa Acocella’s Animation Marisa Acocella’s animated “Mission Control” is up on Youtube. See it here. Ms. Acocella began contributing to the New Yorker in 1998. Her most recent book was Ann Tenna. _________________________________________________________________ Blog Post of Interest: Captionless Cartoons Thanks to Dick Buchanan by way of Mike Lynch’s blog we can see a sampling of non-New Yorker captionless cartoons from
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