To celebrate the 4th, here’s an Anatol Kovarsky (proposed) New Yorker cover sketch (the sketch appeared on The Spill sometime back. Courtesy of Mr. Kovarsky’s estate). Anatol Kovarsky’s A-Z entry: Anatol Kovarsky (photo above, NYC, 2013. By Liza Donnelly) Born, Moscow. Died, June 1, 2016, NYC. Collection: Kovarsky’s World (Knopf, 1956) NYer work: 1947 -1969. Link to Ink Spill’s 2013
Read moreVisiting Addams Hometown From slashfilm.com, August 14, 2019, “We Visited the Creepy and Kooky Birthplace of the Addams Family” _______________________________________________ Today’s Daily Cartoonist & Cartoon A Statue Of Liberty poem by Peter Kuper, who began contributing to The New Yorker in 2011. Visit his website here. _______________________________________________ Shannon Wheeler’s Next Book Too Much Coffee Man: The Before Years, out
Read moreThe nasty weather forecast for tonight and tomorrow down Jersey way has prompted the Westfield folks in charge of the town’s Addamsfest to move things indoors. Read all about it here (where you’ll also find a complete schedule of events).
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