A Great Cartoonist…Arnie Levin Arnie Levin, in my humble opinion, is one of the great post-James Geraghty era New Yorker cartoonists. Levin arrived at the magazine in 1974, not long after Lee Lorenz was appointed The New Yorker‘s art editor (back then the art editor’s duties included editing cartoons, covers, spot drawings, and illustrations — in other words: all art).
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Group Exhibit In Connecticut Includes Work By Arthur Getz The Rose Algrant Show in West Cornwall Connecticut will include work by the late exceptionally great New Yorker artist Arthur Getz. Mr. Getz holds the title of most prolific cover artist in the magazine’s history (213 in his 50 years of contributing). The Spill contacted Mr. Getz’s daughter for information
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If you live in or near Columbus, Ohio (where James Thurber was born waaaay back in 1894), you can honor him this coming Saturday while helping out Thurber House by attending a fundraiser. All the info here. About the fundraiser from The Columbus Dispatch (where Thurber worked before heading off to the bright lights and big city): “The event will
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Debut Video Series Of Interest: “Talk & Draw With Liza Donnelly and Heather Cox Richardson” Long time New Yorker contributor, Liza Donnelly and historian, Heather Cox Richardson debut a collaborative series centering on history and politics. See the first episode here (it’s approx 4 minutes).
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