Tuesday Spill: Interview Of Interest: Sophie Lucido Johnson; A Photo From The Spill Archive; Bob Eckstein’s New “Cartoon Shop Talk” Newsletter

  Interview of Interest: Sophie Lucido Johnson   From Inside Hook, January 10, 2023, “Sophie Lucido Johnson Writes (and Draws) About Parenting and Polyamory) Better Than Anyone” — a short interview with the writer/artist who began contributing (most often as part of a duo) to The New Yorker in 2020.   –drawing (from the article): Sophie Lucido Johnson _______________________________________________________________ A Photo

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Weekend Spill: Sempe NYC Exhibit Indoors & Outdoors; Peter Arno’s 119th B’Day; Addams 101st B’day; Eckstein’s New York Times Book Review Sketchbook, “Cat People”; The Tilley Watch Online, January 2-6, 2023

Sempe Indoors & Outdoors Exhibit In New York City From The French Institute, news of an exhibit, “Signature Sempe” coming to New York City this month, featuring original art in their gallery as well as art on the street.  Mr. Sempe, who died in August of 2022, began contributing to The New Yorker in 1978. (His Wikipedia entry here). _________________________________________________________________________ Peter

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Tuesday Spill: Latest Addition To The Spill Archives: A Mid-1940s New Yorker Clipped Cartoons And Covers Collection

A Mid-1940s New Yorker Clipped Cartoons & Covers Collection   A relative in England recently brought over a package of New Yorker cartoons clipped by their father in the mid 1940s. The Spill has a few other New Yorker cartoon collections in its archives (one is in a scrapbook, another contains just New Yorker covers held in a 3 ring binder,

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Friday Spill: Attempted Bloggery On An Auctioned Arno; Catching Up With A New Yorker State Of Mind; Exhibit Of Interest At The Society Of Illustrators

Attempted Bloggery On An Auctioned Arno It’s always fun to see original New Yorker art up for grabs, especially something from one of the grand masters. A Spill favorite site, Attempted Bloggery tells us about a recent sale of the 1964 Peter Arno drawing shown here. Read it here.       __________________________________________________________   Catching Up With…A New Yorker State Of

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