Latest ToonStack If it’s Sunday, it’s Toonstack time. A bunch of (mostly) New Yorker cartoonists shower us with cartoons on a theme. This week’s: What’s Love Got To Do With It? Contributors include Hilary Campbell, Navied Mahdavian, Felipe Galindo (aka Feggo), Amy Hwang, Ellis Rosen, Kendra allenby, Johnny DiNapoli, Amy Kurzweil, Sofia Warren, Madeline Horwath, and J.A.K.. ___________________________________________________________________ New The
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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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Fave Photo Of The Weekend: Harold & Harpo (Ross & Marx) The below photo, dated June of 1931, hitherto unseen (by me) came to the Spill courtesy of Steve Stoliar, who knows his Marx Brothers. Here’s Mr. Stoliar on the photo: “Taken at the Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco when Harpo and Harold were staying while in town to greet
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Chatfield Celebrates Gerberg’s 90th Jason Chatfield’s latest “Artist Spotlight” falls upon his fellow cartoonist, Mort Gerberg, who will turn 90 (!) tomorrow, and in a month will celebrate the 56th anniversary of his debut in The New Yorker. Here’s Mr. Gerberg’s A-Z entry: Mort Gerberg Born, March 11, 1931, New York, NY. New Yorker work: April 10, 1965 – .
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