Stoliar’s Addams Birthday Salute With Steve Stoliar‘s permission, I’m showing you his Addams Birthday tribute in its entirety (as seen on Facebook): On this day in 1912, Charles Samuel Addams was born in Westfield, New Jersey. His macabre cartoons festooned copies of “The New Yorker” magazine from 1933 until his death in 1988 and – of course – spawned “The
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Word has reached the Spill that long-time New Yorker contributor, Kenneth Mahood passed away on Wednesday at age 90. Mr. Mahood contributed 81 cartoons and 5 covers to The New Yorker between 1951 and 1996. According to The Daily Mail, where he contributed cartoons for more than 27 years, he retired in 2009 at age 80. Here’s his bio on
Read moreMahood’s 1958 Cartoon Collection: Not A Word To A Soul Ordered not long ago (for one dollar(!), plus s&h) from a seller across the big pond, Kenneth Mahood’s 1958 cartoon collection arrived today and has been added to the Spill‘s cartoon library. Was very happy to see the dust jacket (and a protected dust jacket at that) in such great
Read moreArticle Of Interest: Kenneth Mahood From The Daily Cartoonist, February 4, 2020, by D.D. Degg. “Kenneth Mahood Is A Senior Stripper” Mr. Mahood (shown above in a photo taken in 2013) contributed to The New Yorker from 1951 through 1996. Above center: a 1958 Mahood cartoon collection. Above right: a Mahood New Yorker cover, June 18, 1966. Below, his distinctive
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