Wednesday Spill: Today! Jeopardy Substack Live With Liza Donnelly; Slouching Towards Organization; Video Of Interest…”A Century Of The New Yorker’s Transportation Cartoons”; Substack Of Interest…Chatfield’s “New York Cartoons”; Interview Of Interest…Hilary Campbell

  Jeopardy Substack Live Appearance Of Interest Jeopardy, a newish member of the Substack community will carry a live interview with Liza Donnelly this afternoon at 5:30 EST.  You can see it either on: jeopary.substack.com or Ms. Donnelly’s Substack,  Seeing Things Here’s what the Jeopardy folks posted online… _________________________________________________________________________ Slouching Towards Organization   It’s been fun for the above mentioned Liza

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Tuesday Spill: Radio Interview Of Interest…Barry Blitt; WABC-TV Covers New York Transit Museum New Yorker Cartoons & Covers Exhibit; More Maher & Guest “Decoding” New Yorker Cartoons

Radio Interview Of Interest: Barry Blitt From CBC Listen, March 23, 2025, “The New Yorker Cartoonist Barry Blitt Reflects On The Art Of Finding A Laugh” Mr. Blitt’s A-Z Entry: Barry Blitt Born in Montreal. New Yorker work: January 10, 1994 -. His first contribution to the magazine was a cover, one of many to come for the magazine. His cover, “Politics

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Wednesday Spill: A Ralph Barton Art Supply Ad (With Peter Arno); Exhibit Of Interest…The New York Transit Museum’s “Commentary On The Commute”

A Ralph Barton Art Supply Ad (With Peter Arno) Back in the Roaring Twenties, Pelican Ink reminded Ralph Barton (and New Yorker readers) that its ink was available in the U.S.A.. The ad below shows a passage from a New Yorker piece on Ralph Barton, Through The Magnifying Glass (by Charles G.Shaw) from the magazine’s November 5, 1927 issue. The

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Early Reveal: Next Week’s New Yorker Cover; Cover Exhibit Of Interest: Underground Heroes: New York Transit In The Comics; Addams Hometown Throws Addams Fest in October

 Early Reveal: Next Week’s New Yorker Cover Upcoming New Yorker covers are usually posted early Monday morning, but occasionally we get an advance look.  Barry Blitt is the cover artist for next week’s issue.  _______________________________________________________________ Exhibit Of  Interest: Underground Heroes: New York Transit In The Comics Opening today at the New York Transit Museum in downtown Brooklyn, this fabulous exhibit 

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