_______________________________________________________ Thurber Thursday On A Friday [Thurber Thursday was delayed until today because of the passing of Robert Gottlieb] Regular Spill readers might recall that I enjoy accidentally running across “different” covers for Thurber’s books. Today I came across a UK edition of In A Word, a book written by Margaret Ernst, with drawings by Thurber. Amazing that after
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Edward Koren Scholarship Announced From Seven Days, September 23, 2022, “The Center For Cartoon Studies Launches Ed Koren Scholarship” Link here to the CCS’s announcement. Here’s Edward Koren’s Spill A-Z entry: Edward Koren Born, 1935. New Yorker work: May 26, 1962 — . Key collections: Do You Want To Talk About It? ( Pantheon, 1976), Well, There’s Your Problem (Pantheon,
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From The Spill’s Sports Desk: Chatfield’s Update Jason Chatfield (New Yorker cartoonist & New Yorker softball team member) has filed this update from the field: After a thrashing at the hands of Forbes in Riverside Park last week (15 to 1… oof!) The New Yorker Softball team had a victory in Central Park against longtime rivals The Paris Review last
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Case For Pencils Spotlights Ali Solomon Jane Mattimoe’s fab Case For Pencils blog features Ali Solomon this week. Ms. Solomon’s new book (shown here) is just out. Go here to see more of her work. Don’t forget to visit the Case For Pencils archive where you’ll find a spectacular line up of previously featured cartoonists. _________________________________________________________________________ The Latest ToonStack:
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