Article Of Interest: Christopher Weyant From Nieman Reports, March 15, 2022, “Drawing The Pandemic: ‘A Cartoon Creates Its Own Little World’” — this short article on Chris Weyant, who began contributing to The New Yorker in 1998. Visit his website here. ________________________________________________________________ Interview Of Interest: Charles Addams’s Biographer, Linda H. Davis From wicn.org’s Inquiry, March 14, 2022, “Linda
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We’re thrilled here at the Spill to be able to bring you this holiday treat from Charles Addams’s biographer, Linda Davis. Back in October Ms. Davis showed us hitherto unpublished letters and drawings from Mr. Addams. Today, for the first time anywhere, we see two more unpublished Addams, and, at the close, a curtain call for the reclining fellow
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A note to visitors: Due to an overload of traffic, the Spill was down for much of yesterday. I’m leaving the below piece by Linda Davis up on top today as I don’t believe it got its fair share of the spotlight. Newer posts follow the Addams Love Letters piece. Addams In Love: Letters From A Young Cartoonist Yesterday was
Read moreCover Revealed For Paperback Edition Of Charles Addams Biography Out this coming October from Turner, the paperback edition of Linda Davis’s splendid bio of the late great Charles Addams. Here’s a brief video of the author (holding “Tuesday”) talking about Mr. Addams. Charles Addams’s entry on the Spill’s A-Z: Charles Addams (Born in Westfield, New Jersey, January 7, 1912. Died
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