Tuesday Spill: J.C. Duffy IDs His Bill Maher Decoded Cartoon; A John Held, Jr. After Shave Cream Ad

J.C. Duffy IDs His Bill Maher “Decoded” Cartoon  J.C. Duffy, who began contributing to The New Yorker in 1998, has posted his New Yorker drawing that was discussed (or “decoded” as Mr. Maher puts it) in the latest clip of Maher describing New Yorker cartoons and then reading the captions (without actually showing the drawing itself). Mr. Maher’s decoding is

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Wednesday Spill: New From J.C. Duffy…”Twisted Nursery Rhymes”; Chocolates Of Interest From Liza Donnelly; Billy Ireland Celebrates Edward Koren; More Feiffer

New Animation From J.C. Duffy J.C. Duffy began contributing to The New Yorker in 1998. His cartoon (below) of October 31, 2011 was the very first meta cartoon in the magazine (the original is currently on exhibit at The Society of Illustrators Drawn From The New Yorker: A Centennial Celebration). Go here to see Mr. Duffy’s “Twisted Nursery Rhymes”  _____________________________________________________________________

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Tuesday Spill: A J.C. Duffy Promo Video; Latest Addition To The Spill Archives…Gomez Addams; Substack Debut Of Interest: Tina Brown’s “Fresh Hell”

A J.C. Duffy Promotional Video Here’s a two-and-a-half minute slideshow of J.C. Duffy’s work on Curated Cartoons (where you can buy original New Yorker cartoon art). Mr. Duffy created the video and also provided his own original music. He began contributing to The New Yorker in 1998. I believe that the very first meta-New Yorker cartoon was drawn by Mr.

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Friday’s Spill: Daily Cartoonists & Cartoons; The New Yorker’s First Modern Meta Cartoon; More Spills: Paris Review Interview With Roz Chast…New Swann Catalog With Steinberg, Steig, Addams, & So Many More

 Daily Cartoonists Today’s: Tan lines from Amy Hwang, who has been contributing to The New Yorker since 2010. Visit her website here. Yesterday’s: Grab-A-Drink from Hilary Campbell, who began contributing to The New Yorker in 2017. Visit her website here.   And…   …link to the website for her upcoming Murder Book. Out this November from Andrews & McMeel.    

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