Sam Gross On His Friend, Bill Woodman — Above on the left, Sam Gross; Bill Woodman on the right. The Spill asked a few long-time New Yorker artists to say a few words about their colleague, Bill Woodman, who passed away last Saturday. Here’s what Sam Gross had to say: “Bill and I wrote and drew gags together for
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Peter Arno’s Dust Jackets, 1927-1945 A by-product of writing a book is the accumulation of materials hunted and gathered during the research. When I was full speed ahead on researching the Peter Arno biography back in 1999 thru 2015, I came by a lot of “stuff” including all but one of the books you see below. Beggars Abroad, by Jim
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Jason Chatfield On Collaborating From Mr. Chatfield’s blog, January 26, 2021, “Thoughts On Having A Writing Partner” He began contributing to The New Yorker in 2017. Among the many feathers in Mr. Chatfield’s cap; he is President of The National Cartoonists Society. ________________________________________________________ Today’s Daily Cartoonist & Cartoon Teresa Burns Parkhurst on the Founding Fathers. Ms. Parkhurst began
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The Cover A rarity this new issue: an “after” cover (aside from all the take-offs on Rea Irvin’s Eustace Tilley). The cover artist, Pascal Campion gives a shout-out to Mark Ulriksen’s November 2012 New Yorker cover, shown below left: Here’s what Mr. Ulriksen had to say about his cover back then. And here’s what The New Yorker‘s art editor, Francoise
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