The Monday Tilley Watch

              The Monday Tilley Watch is a meandering take on the cartoons in the current issue of The New Yorker.   Are these the dog days of summer? According to Wikipedia, Sweden’s dog days are  bracketed by the dates July 22nd through August 23rd.  That seems reasonable for the United States as well.  My

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A Fave Photo From the Ink Spill Vault

    Here’s a photo taken back in 2005 at the old Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art (MoCCA) headquarters on Broadway in Soho (MoCCA now resides within the walls of The Society of Illustrators). Left to right: Gahan Wilson, Roz Chast, Barbara Smaller, P.C. Vey, Liza Donnelly, and Jack Ziegler   Note: Barbara Smaller, Liana Finck and Marisa Acocella

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Fave Photos of the Day: Mick Stevens, Liza Donnelly & P.C. Vey; Flake Book Launch

At The New Yorker today: Mick Stevens photographing P.C. Vey,  and Liza Donnelly with  Mr. Stevens (both photos courtesy of Ms. Donnelly).                       ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ If you’re in Brooklyn tomorrow,  help celebrate the launch of Emily Flake’s Mama Tried. All the info here. 

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Art Young Opening! Plus…The Spill’s Mid-Week Round-up: P.C. Vey, Kominsky-Crumb, Kupperman, Mankoff, Katchor, Sikoryak & Mouly; The New Yorker’s 5th issue Gets a Close Look

_______________________________________________________________________________________ P. C. Vey, whose April 15, 2013 New Yorker drawing appears here,  talks about his tools of the trade on A Case For Pencils. Go see! Link here to Mr. Vey’s website Link here to see some of his New Yorker work   _______________________________________________________________________________________ The Museum of Comic & Cartoon Art has announced its MoCCA Fest 2015 line-up. The

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