An Ilonka Karasz Updike Cover Last night, idly looking over the spines of John Updike books in the Spill library, I came upon his Olinger Stories, a 1964 paperback collection I’ve had for ages (and haven’t re-read for ages). As it’s a paperback, it never was slotted chronologically — I placed it horizontally, resting it on the hardcover Updike books.
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Happy Halloween! If the above long ago rejected proposed cover (for The New Yorker) looks familiar it’s because I sometimes drag it out and plunk it down in this spot on Halloween.
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Addams Darker Work From Den Of Geek, October 5, 2021, “Charles Addams Cartoons Are Far Darker Than The Addams Family Films” Linda Davis, whose Addams biography comes out on the 19th of this month in a new edition, talks about the Addams Family films and more. Charles Addams A-Z Spill entry: Charles Addams (Born in Westfield, New Jersey,
Read moreThe Online Watch: a listing of New Yorker cartoonists who’ve contributed to The Daily Cartoon and/or Daily Shouts, November 3-8, 2019. The Daily Cartoon: Jon Adams, Ward Sutton, Ali Solomon, Kim Warp, Lila Ash. Daily Shouts: David Ostow, J.A.K. (with Erin Chack), Teresa Burns Parkhurst. ________________________________ Swann Galleries December 10th Teaser The upcoming December 10th Swann Illustration catalog is not
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