A Group: Lorenz, McKay, Stevenson, Bull, Fougasse, Duffy Here’s Group #3 of a series of semi-randomly selected pieces from the Spill archives (okay, okay, I do put some thought into the group). From the top left, an assortment of pages of famous quotes, with hand written humorous comments by Lee Lorenz. He seemed to be starting on an idea for
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_______________________________________________________________________ Attempted Bloggery & Buying Books “Sight Unseen” Here’s another installment in the Attempted Bloggery series “Sight Unseen” which describes books bought despite patchy info provided by the seller. This particular purchase turned out well for Stephen Nadler (the fellow behind the Attempted Bloggery curtain). Go here to read more. Two lions of The New Yorker cartoon world, and the
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Hilary Campbell’s Gallery Show “Today: 10 Years Of Cartooning” Thursday Hilary Campbell, who began contributing to The New Yorker in 2017, is interviewed here about Thursday’s opening at ArtsClub. Visit her website. Her new book, out January 10, is What Did I Do Today? ______________________________________________________________ Latest Cartoon Caption Contest Pod It’s always fun to hear The Cartoon Caption
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The New Yorker Issue Of January 1, 1979 Yesterday, while in the Spill library, I closed my eyes for a moment and grabbed a bound volume of New Yorkers off the shelf. By happy accident, I selected January-February 1979. Opening to the first issue I saw this: Although there have been many many great New Yorker New Year’s covers
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