A Couple Of Hamilton Roughs I believe I’m on record somewhere (here maybe?) saying how much I enjoy cartoonists’s rough drawings almost as much as their finished work. And so it was lots of fun “winning” two William Hamilton pieces a week ago on Ebay (up until then, the Spill collection had zero Hamilton originals). Although these drawings have some
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Thurber Thursday: Leading Up To Thurber
Leading Up To Thurber A long-time habit of mine is re-reading (I’m tempted to call it re-studying as well). It began with comic books, and has continued on to this very day. I don’t re-read things I don’t enjoy — I just focus on the good stuff. In the small but excellent library of books devoted to The New Yorker‘s
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Wednesday Spill: A 1987 Ad Thanking William Shawn
A 1987 Ad Thanking William Shawn From the This is News to Me Dept.: an ad in Variety, published February 4, 1987, signed by a dozen New Yorker luminaries, thanking William Shawn for his editorship of the magazine (he was editor from 1952 through 1987). This particular copy of the ad, found on Ebay, is, apparently, a print of the
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Thurber Thursday: A Promotional Booklet For “The Years With Ross”
A Promotional Booklet For “The Years With Ross” I’ve seen this promotional booklet — and only this one copy — for James Thurber’s wonderful The Years With Ross listed online for a number of years. I love the look of it; the Harold Ross photos by Cornell Capa are great. The seller tells us that the booklet is 16 pages (booklet
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