Friday Spill: Jason Chatfield Is The Latest Guest On The Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast; New Yorker Illustrator, Mark Zingarelli, 1952-2025; Lonnie Millsap At The L.A. Times Festival Of Books; Book On The Horizon…Bob Eckstein’s “Inspired By Cats: Writers And Their Mews(es)”

Jason Chatfield Is The Latest Guest on The Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast The Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast celebrates its 200th episode. Jason Chatfield, who began contributing to The New Yorker in 2017, is on hand for the festivities. Listen here.  — Photo: clockwise from top left…co-host Nicole Chrolavicius, co-host Paul Nesja, Jason Chatfield, co-host Vin Coca, and co-host Beth Lawler. 

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Sunday Spill: Uneasy Lies The Head That Wears The Penguin; There’s A New Cartoon Editor In Town

–published in The New Yorker April 10, 2017 _________________________________________________________________________ There’s A New Cartoon Editor In Town The Metropolitan Review — an online “books and culture review magazine” announced the other day that it had appointed Jason Chatfield as its cartoon editor. Mr. Chatfield, who began contributing to The New Yorker in 2017 posted the news on Substack:    

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Tuesday Spill: Celebrating The New Yorker’s Centennial…Chatfield Ages Eustace; The Daily Cartoonist On The New Yorker’s Debut Cartoons; Attempted Bloggery Shows Us Edward Koren And Charles Addams Art On Exhibit; Tilley Wristwatch Watch

                                        Celebrating The New Yorker’s Centennial  Jason Chatfield’s Aged Eustace   From Jason Chatfield, who began contributing to The New Yorker in 2017, “3 Covers To Celebrate The 100th Birthday Of Eustace Tilley”  — Mr. Chatfield fast forwards Eustace, age-wise. –Left:

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Wednesday Spill: Wheeler, Chast, Chatfield, Donnelly & More On Jules Feiffer; Book On The Horizon…Rea Irvin’s The Smythes; Two Events Of Interest; Celebrating The New Yorker’s 100th Anniversary…25 West 43rd St.

Wheeler, Chatfield, Donnelly, Chatfield, And More On Jules Feiffer From The Comics Journal, February 3, 2025, “Remembering Jules Feiffer” — a number of artists, including The New Yorker folks mentioned above, weigh in on Mr. Feiffer who passed away on January 17th of 2025.     _________________________________________________________________ Rea Irvin’s The Smythes From New York Review Comics, word of a forthcoming

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