Gathering Up The Tilleys Some years back, I fanned out the Spill‘s collection of Rea Irvin Eustace Tilley New Yorker anniversary issues on the floor, then stood on a chair, looked down at them and
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Tag: New Yorker Cartoonists
Sunday Spill: “For Mr. Ross, My Boss And Severest Critic”
Making my way around Ebay this morning, I came across the below (signed) photo of the late very great New Yorker cover artist and cartoonist, Helen Hokinson. “Mr. Ross” is, of course, Harold Ross, the fellow who invented The New Yorker Magazine. Helen Hokinson’s A-Z Entry: Helen Hokinson Born, Illinois,1893; died, Washington, D.C., 1949. New Yorker work: 1925 -1949,
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Friday Spill: Auctioned Drawings Of Interest…Barbara Shermund, Charles Addams, Peter Arno; Video Of Interest…Bob Eckstein On Jason Chatfield’s “Draw Me Anything”
Auctioned Drawings Of Interest…Barbara Shermund, Charles Addams, Peter Arno Attempted Bloggery has reported that a 1949 color piece by Barbara Shermund was auctioned this past Wednesday as well as a 1941 Charles Addams New Yorker drawing. .See the entire post with full drawings here. …and in other auction
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Thurber Thursday: Two Dogs
Back in May of 1939, James Thurber decided to travel west to California to work on The Male Animal, a play he was co-authoring with his old college friend, Elliot Nugent. Told they’d need a car to get around out in California, Thurber and his (second) wife Helen, decided to travel, with the car, by sea. According to Harrison
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