56 Years Ago this Week In The New Yorker Regular visitors to the Spill know that I’ve made a habit of pulling bound volumes of “vintage” New Yorkers off the shelf, flipping through and reporting on some of the things that jump out. Here’s a quick tour of the issue of November 25, 1967. Above is a splendid drawing by
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A Soglow Miscellany Otto Soglow’s been gone for quite awhile now (he died in 1975) but his Little King lives on, at least in hearts, minds, “vintage” merch, books, and through online searches (Google
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90 Years Ago This Week In The New Yorker Every so often I like to check in with The New Yorker‘s past (for those who want to make it a regular thing, I highly suggest the terrif website, A New Yorker State of Mind). I rolled the dice today and thought: “Hmmm, 90 years ago is probably interesting.” So back
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“Ideas For Cartoons Must Caught As They Come”…who ever thought that such wisdom about pursuing this wacky cartoonist life would be found in a 1946 ad for Scripto Pencils. Bonus: the one-and-only Otto Soglow is featured. The idea of catching ideas and writing them down (or recording them) as they come is great advice. No one asked, but my own
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