More Martin & Bliss (Steve & Harry) From The Washington Post, November 16, 2022, “Steve Martin, Harry Bliss Team Up On Number One Is Walking“ More press surrounding yesterday’s publication of Mr. Martin’s new book. Mr. Bliss has been contributing to The New Yorker since 1998.
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Happy 92nd Edward Frascino! All best birthday wishes to the terrific New Yorker artist, Edward Frascino, born on this day in the Bronx (“near the zoo”). Mr. Frascino’s first New Yorker cartoon appeared in the issue of September 4, 1965. He is the magazine’s
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We cartoonists, a compact community, draw a little bit closer when we lose one of our own. This week we lost our friend, the great New Yorker artist, George Booth. George was a part of The New Yorker’s landscape for more than half the magazine’s life (his first drawing appeared in 1969).The Spill has asked George’s fellow artists to share
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A Thurber In Many Rooms Well here’s something a bit different for Thurber Thursday: hotel news. The “newly expanded” Hilton Hotel in downtown Columbus, Ohio is placing prints of Thurber art (the dog shown above) in many (all?) of its rooms. How great is that! Here’s part of the pr from the hotel: “The new 402 tower continues the Hilton
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