Wednesday Spill: Daily Cartoonists & Cartoons; Personal History: Desk Moving, Pt. 2

Daily Cartoonists & Cartoons Time to catch up with this week’s Daily Cartoonists & their cartoons: Monday’s Daily… from Ellis Rosen, who began contributing to The New Yorker in 2016. Tuesday’s Daily…from Mort Gerberg, who began contributing to The New Yorker in 1965. Wednesday’s Daily… from Sueryann Lee, who began contributing to The New Yorker in March of 2019.   __________________________________________________________________________ Personal

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Tuesday Spill: The Sam Gross Cartoon Pad Interview; A 1922 Gluyas Williams Illustrated Book Of Interest

    The Sam Gross Cartoon Pad Interview New Yorker cartoonists Bob Eckstein and Michael Shaw’s Cartoon Pad podcast (appearing every other week) is back. This week’s guest is the one-and-only Sam Gross. Mr. Gross talks about Charles Addams, Peter Porges, and Roz Chast, among others.  Listen to it here. Sam Gross’s entry on the Spill‘s A-Z: Sam Gross Born

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Weekend Spill: Alan Dunn’s “New Yorker War Cartoons” Cover; Latest ToonStack; A Mini-Fisher Fest; Most Recent Addition To The Spill’s Cartoon Library

  Alan Dunn’s New Yorker War Cartoons Cover  Alan Dunn might be best remembered for his signature densely styled charcoal and grease pencil drawings that appeared for nearly a half-century in the New Yorker, from 1926 through 1974. Or he might be remembered as the most prolific New Yorker artist with the most published cartoons until William Steig overtook him

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Tuesday Spill: Podcast Of Interest… “Combining Digital Visual Journalism And Activism With Cartoonist Liza Donnelly”; Where Are Dorothy Parker’s Thurber Drawings?”

Podcast Of Interest: Liza Donnelly   From Drawing Inspiration, April 5, 2021, this hour plus podcast featuring Ms. Donnelly. Here’s Donnelly’s Spill A-Z entry: Liza Donnelly Born, Washington, D.C. New Yorker work: June 21, 1982 – Key book: Funny Ladies: The New Yorker’s Greatest Women Cartoonists and Their Cartoons (Prometheus, 2005). Edited: Sex & Sensibility: Ten Women Examine the Lunacy

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