New ToonStock…Hearts & Romance From ToonStack (how tempted I am to call it ToonStock!), the folks who post a themed collection of cartoons every Sunday, this latest grouping featuring work on romance. Contributors include Johnny DiNapoli, Millie von Platen, Adam Douglas Thompson, Hilary Campbell, Navied Mahdavian, Sofia Warren, Kendra Allenby, Ellis Rosen, J.A.K., Amy Kurzweil*, and the lone non-New
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Let The Pre-Laughing Begin: Joe Dator’s “Inked” An advance copy of Joe Dator’s Inked has arrived in the mail. The book’s not out til October, so in the spirit of pre-ordering (which I hope Spill visitors will do), I’m pre-laughing. This is not a review of Mr. Dator’s book (the Spill doesn’t review colleagues’ books) — not a review, but
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The Monday Tilley Watch Takes A Glancing Look At The Art & Artists Of The Latest Issue Of The New Yorker The Cover: Another pandemic cover…“Easing Back” The Cartoonists: Twelve cartoons, twelve cartoonists. No duos (that we know of). One newbie, Dan Rosen. He’s the 10th new New Yorker cartoonist of the year and the 88th added to the magazine’s
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Three (Fun) Books In November My daily search for new New Yorker cartoon books turned up this pleasing line-up on Amazon this morning (all three have been mentioned on this site in the past few months). How exciting is it that we have these titles to look forward to in the Fall: Joe Dator’s Inked, out November 23rd; Liza Donnelly’s
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