I love the New Yorker oddities out there in the world. This most recent addition to the Spill‘s collection is one of the most curious I’ve seen. Someone had various Talk of The Town sections professionally bound. The only identification on the volume — getting right to the point! — is The Talk of The Town printed on the spine.
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Cartoonist David Sipress on Staying Sane in Trumpland; Attempted Bloggery Looks at Tomato Juice Ads by Thurber, Arno, Steig, Hoff, and Soglow; Cartoon Companion Rates the New Yorker’s Latest Cartoons; Preview: New Yorker’s 92nd Anniversary Issue Cover
Post of Interest: David Sipress’s Cultural Comment on newyorker.com, February 3, 2017: “How To Stay Sane As A Cartoonist in Trumpland” See Mr. Sipress’s New Yorker work here on the magazine’s Cartoon Bank site. __________________________________________________________ Attempted Bloggery updates a post looking into Libby Tomato Juice ads featuring some of the all-time great New Yorker cartoonists. See it all
Read moreBlog of Interest: A New Yorker State of Mind– Reading Every Issue of The New Yorker; Appearance of Interest: Bob Eckstein in Massachusetts; An Otto Soglow Treasure Trove
How lucky we are that someone has been reading every issue of The New Yorker since its inaugural issue, highlighting and exploring certain aspects of each issue along the way.* I may have mentioned
Read moreCartoon Chocolate; New Additions to Ink Spill’s New Yorker Cartoonists Library
Over the years Danny Shanahan has generously donated New Yorker cartoon “stuff” to Ink Spill‘s archives (a Thurber eraser, New Yorker stamps, an Al Ross wristwatch, books, artwork, etc.,etc.), but I believe this is the first time he’s handed over something edible. What you see above is a one-and-a-half ounce chocolate bar distributed by the magazine’s Cartoon Bank back in
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