Weekend Spill: New Yorker Cartoon Editor Emma Allen At The Reuben Awards; Tilley Watch Online, The Week Of August 21-25, 2023; Books…An Interview With Amy Kurzweil; Navied Mahdavian’s Book Tour

                    New Yorker Cartoon Editor Emma Allen At The Reuben Awards  Emma Allen, front and center, holding a box of cartoon submissions, appears on this promotional piece by Ed Steckley for the National Cartoonists Society 77th Reuben Awards. Ms. Allen will be part of a panel discussion, moderated by New Yorker

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Weekend Spill: Fave Photo Of The Week…Sorel Gets His Reuben; A Merle Nacht Original; The Tilley Watch Online, November 7-11, 2022

Fave Photo Of The Week: Edward Sorel Gets His Reuben   Here’s a fun photo taken this past Friday of National Cartoonists Society President (and New Yorker cartoonist), Jason Chatfield presenting Edward Sorel with his Reuben Award for Cartoonist Of The Year. Karen Green (Curator for Comics and Cartoons at Columbia University) took the photo (and gave me permission to

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Wednesday: Podcast Of Interest…Gil Roth Interviews Will McPhail; More Spills…Gerberg Honored By NCS; Today’s Daily Cartoonist & Cartoon; Eisner Nominees Announced

Gil Roth Interviews Will McPhail The fab Gil Roth, who has interviewed numerous New Yorker contributors (including this one) speaks with Will McPhail. Mr. McPhail (below) began contributing to The New Yorker in 2014. His new book is IN, out now.  Visit Mr. McPhail’s website here. Go here for the list of Comics and Cartoonists interviewed by Mr. Roth. ________________________________________________

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Wednesday Spill: TV Jibes Via Attempted Bloggery; Today’s Daily Cartoonist: Ellis Rosen; More Spills…NCS Single Panel Cartoon Nominees; A Rare Ed Fisher Cartoon Collection

TV Jibes Via Attempted Bloggery What — you never heard of TV Jibes? Me neither…until yesterday when I saw the entire issue posted on Attempted Bloggery (with scans via Tom Bloom).  A special insert included with TV Guide, it featured a dose of non- New Yorker cartoonists (some a mystery, ID-wise), and a bunch of New Yorker cartoonists including, among

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