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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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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New Yorker Cover Artist, Istvan Banyai: 1949-2022 The New York Times has reported the death of Istvan Banyai, who, contributed “more than a dozen” covers to The New Yorker, including the one shown here. The Times notes that Mr. Banyai died in mid-December of 2022. From The Norman Rockwell Museum: “Istvan Banyai” Wikipedia entry: “Istvan Banyai” From The Conde
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Since It’s Super Bowl Sunday… I’ve had but two football drawings in The New Yorker; I post one of them every Thanksgiving Day. Here’s the other one, published October 23, 2017… A New Yorker Cartoon Education Via The Classics Although I went to college, and
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