A Gem From The Great Al Ross Looking through the most recent addition to the Spill library, a bound volume (the Louisville Public Library’s loss, our gain) of New Yorkers from May through June of 1978, I came across this terrific drawing by the late great Al Ross. I surely studied this drawing back in that first week in May
Read morePodcast of Interest: Gil Roth Interviews Shannon Wheeler Gil Roth continues his wonderful series of cartoonist interviews with Too Much Coffee Man’s Shannon Wheeler. Hear it here. — thanks to Attempted Bloggery‘s Stephen Nadler for bringing this to my attention (check out his site for recent posts on two auction pieces: an Arnold Roth drawing and a Charles Addams pencil
Read moreThe Cartoon Companion has returned with its customary grading system (1- 6). The issue includes drawings of gravestones, a priest, a sheepdog and William Shakespeare — not necessarily in that order. ___________________________________________________________________________________ Applause applause for the Bruce Eric Kaplan cover on this week’s issue. From this moment on Ink Spill will make special mention of covers by its regularly contributing
Read moreHere’s an interesting piece from the blog, Muddy Colors on the recent demise of the Playboy cartoon: “The Passing of an Era” Great photos accompany the article! ________________________________________________________________________ And from one of my favorite blogs: Attempted Bloggery looks at Peter Arno‘s work in College Humor.
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