Video of Interest: Chris Ware; Karasik’s Oyster Report; Chast on Library of Congress Panel; Finck’s Neighborhood Cult

Video of Interest: Chris Ware Here’s a video, “Someone I’m Not” with Chris Ware.  See it here.  Mr. Ware has been contributing to The New Yorker since 1999.   ________________________________________________________________________ Paul Karasik’s Oyster Report Another of Paul Karasik’s Graphic Reports from  the Vineyard Gazette…this time it’s oysters. Read it here. Mr. Karasik has also been contributing to The New Yorker since

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The Monday Tilley Watch

The Monday Tilley Watch is a meandering take on the cartoons in the current issue of The New Yorker.     Expecting something political on the July 31st cover it was a surprise when Javier Mariscal‘s water’s edge pastoral popped up on my screen (I’m looking at the digital version of the magazine; I’ll look at the print version when

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The Monday Tilley Watch

A new feature in the new week. Around here at the Spill this roller coaster cartoon life begins anew every monday with the publication of the latest issue of the New Yorker.  The latest issue is the klieg light for cartoonists; we go to it with some higher level of curiosity: to see who’s in and what our colleagues have

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Interview of Interest: Frank Cotham; Karasik Talks “Nancy”; Shannon Wheeler at SPX; The Tilley Watch: A Flake Follow-Up & Next Week’s New Yorker Cover

            Cartoon Companion has posted Part 1 of an interview with long-time New Yorker cartoonist, Frank Cotham.  Read it here.  Above: one of Mr. Cotham’s porch drawings published in the New Yorker,.  April 1, 2013 (click on it to enlarge). Note: For more Cotham, you might enjoy this Spill interview from 2013 __________________________________________________________________ Karasik Talks

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