Happy 93, Edward Frascino! The Spill wishes the wonderful Ed Frascino a very happy birthday. His latest cartoon appears in this week’s issue of The New Yorker (see it here in this slideshow of work). Mr. Frascino’s A-Z entry: Edward Frascino Born, Bronx, NY. (“near the zoo”), November 15, 1930. New Yorker work: September 4, 1965 – . Collection: Avocado
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Weekend Spill: Tilley Watch Online, The Week Of May 8-12, 2023; More Spills…Ed Koren’s Film Debut; Documentary Film: “Saul Steinberg’s Line”; Ivan Ehlers’ Graphic Account Of The Writers’ Strike Picket Line; A ToonStack Tribute To Sam Gross; Wertz Reviewed; Finck’s TED; Chast & Flake Talk; Caption Contest Podcast Begins New Feature; Happy 90th, Sid Harris!
Tilley Watch Online…The Week Of May 8-12, 2023 An end of the week listing of New Yorker artists whose work has appeared on newyorker.com features The Daily Cartoon: Maggie Larson, Ellis Rosen, Brooke Bourgeois, Adam Douglas Thompson, David Sipress, Brendan Loper. Daily Shouts: Suerynn Lee, (Ginny Hogan) with J.A.K. Barry Blitt’s Kvetchbook: “Weinstein, Cosby, And Trump Play Around” ___________________________________________________________-
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Weekend Spill: The Thurber Prize For American Cartoon Art Announced; Early Release, Barry Blitt’s King Charles New Yorker Cover; The Tilley Watch Online…April 24-28, 2023
The Thurber Prize For American Cartoon Art Announced From long-time New Yorker cartoonist, Liza Donnelly, April 29, 2023, this piece on last night’s announcement onstage in Thurber’s hometown of Columbus Ohio. __________________________________________________________________________ Early Release: Barry Blitt’s Cover for The New Yorker’s May 8th ’23 Issue As happens every so often, The New Yorker shows us next week’s cover a
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Weekend Spill: A Good Book; The Tilley Watch Online, March 6-10, 2023; Donnelly On Day Four Of Oscar Week: “Oscar Statue Day”
A Good Book I discovered Joe Mitchell‘s delightful My Ears Are Bent when I was researching my biography of Peter Arno. All of the pieces were written when Mitchell was a newspaperman, before he joined The New Yorker in 1938. Of particular interest to Spill readers are Mr. Mitchell’s three pieces on three stellar New Yorker artists: William Steig, Helen
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