Weekend Spill: A Gem From The Great Al Ross; Matchbook Arno; The Tilley Watch Online, February 1-4, 2022; More Spills: J.A.K., Spiegelman, The Old & The New Old

A Gem From The Great Al Ross Looking through the most recent addition to the Spill library, a bound volume (the Louisville Public Library’s loss, our gain) of New Yorkers from May through June of 1978, I came across this terrific drawing by the late great Al Ross. I surely studied this drawing back in that first week in May

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Weekend Spill: The Tilley Watch Online, The Week Of January 24-28, 2022; 60 Years Ago In The New Yorker

The Tilley Watch Online, The Week Of January 24-28, 2022 An end of the week listing of contributors to newyorker.com features The Daily Cartoon: Ali Solomon, Brendan Loper, J.A.K., Sophie Lucido Johnson, Ellis Rosen  .Barry Blitt’s Kvetchbook: “Mitch McConnell, Stripped Bare”   ____________________________________________________________________ 60 Years Ago In The New Yorker On this snowy-blowy day in the northeast I thought it

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Weekend Spill: The Tilley Watch Online; A Few Thoughts On Peter Arno, Born 118 Years Ago Today

The Tilley Watch Online, The Week Of January 3-7, 2022 An end of the week listing of New Yorker artists who contributed to newyorker.com features The Daily Cartoon: Ali Solomon, J.A.K., Evan Lian, Jeremy Nguyen, Bob Eckstein. Daily Shouts Cartoonists: Liana Finck, J.A.K.. …and Barry Blitt’s Kvetchbook      ______________________________________________________________________ A Few Thoughts On Peter Arno, Born 118 Years Ago

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Friday Spill: Attempted Bloggery Looks At A 1938 Issue Of “Stage”; New Yorker State Of Mind Deep Dives Into The December 24, 1938 Issue; More Spills: Blitt’s Kvetchbook, Yesterday’s Daily Cartoon

    Attempted Bloggery Looks At A 1938 Issue Of Stage   From Attempted Bloggery, January 7, 2022, “The New Yorker Advertises In Stage, April 1938“— a fun look at some of the art, including the new-to-my-eyes George Price illustration shown here.       A New Yorker State Of Mind Looks At  The Dec 24, 1932 New Yorker This

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