One of our most beloved New Yorker cartoonists (and our senior member) turns 94 today. The Spill wishes George Booth a most happy happy day! Here’s a nice Booth piece broadcast on CBS Sunday Morning back in 2017. And, here’s his entry on the Spill‘s A-Z: George Booth Born June 28, 1926, Cainesville, MO. New Yorker work: June 14, 1969
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Fave Photo Of The Day: Liza Donnelly Drawing At The Norman Rockwell Museum; A Case For Pencils Spotlights Teresa Burns Parkhurst; Today’s Daily Cartoonist & Cartoon; Yesterday’s Daily Shouts Cartoonist
Liza Donnelly, whose work has been appearing in The New Yorker since 1982, was at The Norman Rockwell Museum yesterday morning painting a mural in preparation for her exhibit there in mid-July. This will be Ms. Donnelly’s first-ever solo show of her work. There will be a virtual opening event on July 10th at 5:30 at the museum. Ms. Donnelly
Read moreThurber Thursday: The Tome; Today’s Daily Cartoonist & Cartoon
There are two fave Thurber biographies in this house: Burton Bernstein’s Thurber: A Biography, and Harrison Kinney’s James Thurber: His Life And Times. I like to think of them as perfect bookends to any Thurber collection. Bernstein’s (left), at 532 pages is the quick read; Kinney’s is 1,238. I think of the two books as I think of my two
Read moreThe Wednesday Watch: Al Frueh’s Stage Folk; Today’s Daily Cartoonist & Cartoon
Al Frueh’s Stage Folk Here’s a true oddity, and an expensive one at that: Al Frueh’s Stage Folk: A Book of Caricatures, published in 1922. A copy went for a little over a thousand bucks when sold by Hakes Auction in 2010. I know what some of you might think: The New Yorker didn’t begin publishing until 1925, so why
Read moreGil Roth Interview Of Interest: Liza Donnelly; Today’s Daily Cartoonist & Cartoon
Gil Roth continues his daily covid conversations on his Virtual Memories Show. Yesterday’s guest was long-time New Yorker contributor, Liza Donnelly. Listen here. Ms. Donnelly’s entry on the Spill‘s A-Z: Liza Donnelly (pictured above) Born, Washington, D.C. New Yorker work: June 21, 1982 – Key book: Funny Ladies: The New Yorker’s Greatest Women Cartoonists and Their Cartoons (Prometheus, 2005). Edited:
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