The Wednesday Spill: Video Of Interest: Jules Feiffer; A Ticketed Virtual Book Event With Harry Bliss & Steve Martin; Today’s Daily Cartoonist: David Sipress; Podcast Of Interest: Michael Shaw; Longtime New Yorker Editor, Daniel Menaker: 1941-2020

Video Of Interest: Jules Feiffer For the next two weeks you can see, for free(!) this just released film, Jules Feiffer: A Conversation. The film is followed by a zoom panel moderated by Michael Tisserand (who interviews Mr. Feiffer in the film) Liza Donnelly, Keith Knight, and Matt Wuerker. Mr. Feiffer began contributing to The New Yorker in 1992. In

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The Wednesday Spill: Early Release: Bob Staake’s RBG New Yorker Cover; Interview Of Interest: James Stevenson Doc Film Producer; Zoom Of Interest: “Elements Of Stress” Co-Authors Michael Shaw & Bob Eckstein; Today’s Daily Cartoonist & Cartoon

Early Release: Next Week’s New Yorker Cover Every once in awhile The New Yorker early releases a timely cover. This is one of those times. Here’s Bob Staake‘s RBG cover for the issue out next Monday. __________________________________________________________________ Interview Of Interest: James Stevenson Film Doc Producer From The Block Island Times, September 17, 2020, “The Life And Art Of Jim Stevenson

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The Wednesday Spill: Archived…The Norman Rockwell Zoomin’ Cartoonists; Today’s Daily Cartoonist & Cartoon…And Yesterday’s…And The Day Before Yesterday’s

In case you missed it live yesterday, The Norman Rockwell Museum zoomin’ cartoonists panel is now available on Youtube here. Panelists shown, top left then clockwise: Michael Shaw, Stephanie Plunkett, Bob Eckstein, Edward Koren, and Teresa Burns Parkhurst. ______________________________________________________________________ Today’s Daily Cartoonist & Cartoon Maddie Dai, on green rooms. Ms. Dai began contributing to The New Yorker in 2017. Yesterday’s

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The Monday Tilley Watch, The New Yorker (Double) Issue Of August 3 & 10, 2020; Zoomin’ Cartoonists: Edward Koren, Teresa Burns Parkhurst, Bob Eckstein, & Michael Shaw

Despite some internet challenges here at the Spill‘s temporary headquarters, I’m going to attempt a Monday Tilley Watch… The Cover:  The debut cover by artist, Grace Lynne Haynes. Read Francoise Mouly’s Q&A with her here. The Cartoonists: The Cartoons: One of my favorite issues of the year, every year, is the early August New Yorker (in this instance, we have

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