The Cover: Nice to be back to the weekly…those double issue weeks seems endless. So fun to be greeted by Wayne Thiebaud’s ice cream cone cover when the digital issue filled-in on the screen. Read a Q&A with the artist here. The Cartoonists: The Cartoons: Fifteen cartoonists, fifteen cartoons. Generally speaking, more than half are placed well on the page
Read moreFilm Of Interest: Wes Anderson’s New Yorker-ish “The French Dispatch” From The New Yorker‘s Culture Desk, February 11, 2020, “A Look At Wes Anderson’s New, New Yorker-Inspired Film” — this should be fun. Above: the poster, which resembles a certain magazine’s cover. Read more here. Above: Bill Murray as the magazine’s editor, Arthur Howitzer, Jr. — a character “inspired by
Read moreA MAD New Yorker Cartoonist Jason Chatfield, a MAD cartoonist, has been contributing to The New Yorker since 2017. Read his Medium piece posted yesterday: “World MAD As Cartoonists Get Rubbed Out” ___________________________________________________________________ A MAD Facebook Group Of Interest The Facebook group, MAD Mumblings, seems like a good place to keep in touch with current MAD events. A number of
Read moreA New Mick Stevens Cartoon Collection Just out! There’s a brand new collection of cartoons from one of the very best of the New Yorker‘s funniest folks. El Mundo de Mick Stevens (The World Of Mick Stevens), published in Spain by Editorial Tebar, can be ordered on Amazon here. The Spill asked Mr. Stevens to say a few words about
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