Tuesday Spill: A New Yorker State Of Mind Looks At The Issue Of December 21, 1935; Attempted Bloggery Looks At Addams’ Unicorn And Bliss’s; The Latest Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast; A Note Of Thanks

A New Yorker State Of Mind Looks At The Issue Of December 21, 1935   A New Yorker State Of Mind: Reading Every Issue Of The New Yorker Magazine closes out 2025 with its patented close look-see of an issue from long long ago. In this case it’s the issue of December 21, 1935 Read here.  –Cover: Ilonka Karasz    __________________________________________________

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Wednesday Spill: Tom Toro Is The Latest Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast Guest; Fave Photo Of The Day

Tom Toro Is The Latest Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast Guest Tom Toro, who has shown up quite a bit on the Spill lately, turns up once again. This time he’s on a Spill fave site, the Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast. Listen here!  Above, clockwise from top left…co-hosts VinCoca, Paul Nesja, Beth Lawler, and Nicole Chrolavicius, and Mr. Toro. Visit Tom

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Friday Spill: Fave Photo Of The Week: Millsap, Kenseth, Arroyo, Ehlers, Levine, Diffee; Latest Addition To The Spill Library…Kuper’s “Wish We Weren’t Here”; At SPX 2025…Campbell, Karasik, Ukazu, Kuper; Harry Bliss In Conversation

Fave Photo Of The Week Ken Levine posted the below on social media the other day. A quintuple of cartoonists showed up to see Mr. Levine’s play, Back To The Drawing Board. — L-r: Lonnie Millsap, Lars Kenseth, Jose Arroyo, Ivan Ehlers, Mr. Levine, and Matt Diffee.  _____________________________________________________________________ Latest Addition To The Spill Library: Peter Kuper’s Wish We Weren’t Here

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Tuesday Spill: Article Of Interest…Liza Donnelly & Ann Telnaes; Interview: Harry Bliss; 40 Years Ago This Week…French Fries & A Motorcycle

Article Of Interest: Liza Donnelly & Ann Telnaes While in Switzerland for their joint exhibit at the Maison du dessin de presse in Morge, Liza Donnelly and Ann Telnaes spoke with Florence Millioud for 24 Hours: “Ann Telnaes, Liza Donnelly: Cartoonists, American, and Angry” Liza Donnelly’s first New Yorker cartoon appeared in 1982. Visit her website here.  Ann Telnaes was,

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