This MAD Magazine Eustace Tilley parody (published as the back cover of the March 1977 issue) somehow escaped my attention for 48 years. I just ran across it yesterday. Without an actual copy in hand, I’ve no idea who the artist was. If you know, please let me know. _________________ More Reading: Here’s a Spill piece from March of 2024
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More Mahrer New Yorker Cartoon “Decoding” Bill Maher continues “decoding” New Yorker cartoons with his guests. This week his guest is Gavin Rossdale. Watch here. ____________________________________________________________________ Sunday Reading…Back to The Beginning Above are books containing work that energized me as a little kid, and prompted me to draw. Every cartoonist rests on a foundation of work by others. Every now
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More MAD The New Yorker cartoonist Jason Chatfield has a very nice round-up of thoughts about his visit to the MAD exhibit currently on display at The Norman Rockwell Museum. Lots of photos as well! Read it here. _________________________________________________________________________ Ad From The Past: “Big Hilarious Book” The Fifth New Yorker Album From the January 3, 1933 New Yorker, this
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I thought it would it would be fun to do a sort of quick (upsidedown) family tree of the graphics that swept me along to the present day. If you’ve been reading the Spill for awhile, you’re probably aware of some of this. While it’s my past I’m talking about, some of the “branches” very likely apply to a lot
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