Friday Spill: Fave Photo Of The Week…A Gathering Of West Coast New Yorker Cartoonists; Attempted Bloggery Looks At An Auctioned Richter and Addams; ToonStack/NewsStack; Peter De Seve NYC Exhibit Opens

  Fave Photo Of The Week: A Group Of West Coast New Yorker Cartoonists From sunny California, this sunny group photo: from the left: Theora Kvitka, Tommy Siegel, Erika Sjule, Lila Ash, Ariel Rucker Ehlers, Ivan Ehlers, John McNamee — My thanks to Erika Sjule for permission to use the photo  _____________________________________________________________________ Attempted Bloggery Looks At An Auctioned Richter And

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Weekend Spill: The Thurber Prize For American Cartoon Art Announced; Early Release, Barry Blitt’s King Charles New Yorker Cover; The Tilley Watch Online…April 24-28, 2023

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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Weekend Spill: The Tilley Watch Online, February 27 – March 3, 2023; Latest Guest On The Cartoon Caption Contest Pod…Daniel Kanhai

The Monday Tilley Watch takes a glancing look at the art and artists of the latest issue of The New Yorker  The Daily Cartoon: John McNamee, Dan Misdea, Paul Noth, Tom Toro, Adam Douglas Thompson. Daily Shouts: Hilary Fitzgerald Campbell, Ali Fitzgerald, Emily Flake.  Barry Blitt’s Kvetchbook: “Fox News Protects Itself” ______________________________________________________________ Latest Guest On The Cartoon Caption Contest Pod: Daniel

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Weekend Spill: New Yorker Cover Artist, Istvan Banyai: 1949-2022; The Tilley Watch Online, February 13-17, 2023; Book On The Horizon From Ellis Rosen; Late Library Addition: A National Lampoon Treasury

  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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