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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Latest Addition To The Spill Library: For Booklovers Only I really like these now ancient booklets designed to be distributed to New Yorker magazine advertisers. They’re really miniature themed collections that predate the titles such as The New Yorker Book of Cat Cartoons, The New Yorker Book of Dog Cartoons, etc., etc. Unlike those modern collections, these advertising booklets contain
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New Animation From J.C. Duffy J.C. Duffy began contributing to The New Yorker in 1998. His cartoon (below) of October 31, 2011 was the very first meta cartoon in the magazine (the original is currently on exhibit at The Society of Illustrators Drawn From The New Yorker: A Centennial Celebration). Go here to see Mr. Duffy’s “Twisted Nursery Rhymes” _____________________________________________________________________
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A Group: Hokinson, Irvin, Petty, Geo. Price, Steig, Peter Arno, Suares, Alajalov Since we’re in The New Yorker‘s 100th birthday celebration year I thought it would be fun to do a grouping of some of the magazine’s artists (I haven’t done one for awhile). Here’s what you see above: The foundation for the photo is a large poster of George
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