Latest Additions to The Spill Library: Through the kindness of two friends of the Spill, two book deliveries arrived at my door this week. Here’s the first: What you see above, from the top down: The very first New Yorker Album …a heart-stopper whenever I see a dust-jacketed copy. This one has (amazingly, considering its age: 97 years) retained the
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The Monday Tilley Watch takes a glancing look at the art and artists of the latest issue of The New Yorker The Cover: Lemmings The Cartoonists And Cartoons: Fifteen cartoons, sixteen cartoonists* — the Spill counts duos as one cartoonist. There are two duos in this issue, that we know of. Roz Chast has a “Sketchbook.” There is one newbie, Niall
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The Monday Tilley Watch takes a glancing look at the art and artists of the latest issue of The New Yorker The Cover: lotsa bugs The Cartoonists And Cartoons: Twelve cartoons, thirteen cartoonists (Ed Steed has the cover). Two duos, that we know of (the Spill counts duos as one cartoonist). No newbies. The longest active cartoonist in the issue is
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Mike Twohy Is The Latest Guest On The Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast Mike Twohy, who began contributing to The New Yorker in 1980, is this week’s guest on the always entertaining Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast. Shown in the screen grab above, clockwise from the upper left: Mike Twohy, and the hosts, Beth Lawler, Vin Coca, and Paul Nesja. Listen
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