From The Daily Cartoonist, February 14, 2019, “Society Of illustrators 2019 Hall of Fame” — Read here! (Spoiler: Two New Yorker folks named!) _______________________________ Today’s Daily Cartoon Today’s Daily cartoon, tuned in to today’s heart-shaped celebration, is by Shannon Wheeler, who began contributing to The New Yorker in 2009. _____________________________ More Gerberg From amNewYork, February 14, 2019, “Mort Gerberg retrospective
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Gahan Wilson’s Retirement Announced
Gahan Wilson‘s step-son, Paul Winters announced in a Facebook post that Mr. Wilson has retired. Mr. Wilson, a star cartoonist for Playboy and National Lampoon, began contributing to The New Yorker in 1976. Here’s the announcement: “It is with great sadness that I inform all of you who love Gahan Wilson, that he is retiring. After 60 plus years as
Read moreThe Tilley Watch: The New Yorker Issue Of October 29, 2018
It’s not a trick: this post about the October 29, 2018 New Yorker looks and feels and reads suspiciously like the Spill’s now defunct Monday Tilley Watch, but it’s not a Monday Tilley Watch…I think. So often in the past 90+ years of The New Yorker ‘s existence, an issue dated October 29 (or 25, 26, 27, 28, 30, or
Read moreAnother Two Pages From the New Yorker Ency of Cartoons; Podcast of Interest: Liza Donnelly
Another Two Pages From the New Yorker Ency of Cartoons Back on June 19th, The Spill had this to say about the upcoming New Yorker Encyclopedia of Cartoons: Stylish packaging…can’t wait to see what more is inside. Especially curious to see how the two volumes incorporate the advertised 3000 cartoons (or “classic images” as the publisher calls them). Actually, since
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