Latest ToonStack: “Left It In The Drafts” A number of cartoonists, most of them published in The New Yorker, show us drawings that “never got sold.” Among the cartoonists sharing their work: Jason Chatfield, Amy Kurzweil, J.A.K., Hilary Campbell, Johnny DiNapoli, and Ellis Rosen. Check out the end of the post for links to interesting cartoonist sites. _________________________________________________________________________ The Tilley
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Early Posting: A Roz Chast Sketchpad Sometimes we get an early release cover, and other times we get a humor piece. Today it’s the latter. From next week’s (double) issue, dated April 26 & May 3, 2021, here’s Ms. Chast’s Sketchpad feature, “Fending And Other Terms For Fridge-Foraging Dinners” Chast began contributing to The New Yorker in 1978. Visit her
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A New Yorker Rarity Listed On Ebay I rarely mention the interesting New Yorker-centric things that turn up on Ebay, or other auction sites, but this particular book, What! No Pie Charts? deserves its moment in the Spill spotlight. As you see in the title page below, the text is by Corey Ford, the fellow who named Eustace Tilley. The
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From a great little catalog for a 1943 exhibit, “Meet The Artist,” at San Francisco’s M.H. de Young Memorial Museum, here’s a Thurber self portrait and bio, with the intriguing first sentence: “My life story is simple.” The exhibit also included the following New Yorker artists: Alajalov, Whitney Darrow, Jr., Richard Decker, Alan Dunn, William Gropper, Rea Irvin, Roberta Macdonald,
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