The Spill’s Traditional Superbowl Sunday Cartoon With the big day upon us, it’s time to dust off the above drawing of mine that appeared in The New Yorker, October 16, 2006. I’m admittedly more of a baseball fan than a football fan; I post this drawing because it reminds me somehow of my late father-in-law who loved the game. ________________________________________________________________________
Read moreOn this Super Bowl Sunday, thoughts turn to how football has intersected with my favorite magazine’s covers. Closing in on its fourth birthday,The New Yorker had run plenty of sports themed covers (baseball, tennis, horse racing, sculling, hockey…) but not anything football-related until I.G. Haupt‘s cover shown above. This was Mr. Haupt’s third cover for the magazine. He came on
Read moreAn Ink Spill Thanksgiving tradition continues with the re-posting of my nod to one of this day’s pastimes. Originally published in The New Yorker, October 16, 2006.
Read moreIt’s become somewhat of an Ink Spill tradition to bring this cartoon out of storage and let it see some sunshine every Super Bowl Sunday. Published in The New Yorker, October 16 2006, it’s the only football drawing I’ve ever had in the magazine.
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