Weekend Spill: Article Of Interest: Mort Gerberg; Video Of Interest: Al Hirschfeld; The Tilley Watch Online, February 14-18, 2022

    Article Of Interest: Mort Gerberg From Baruch College’s The Ticker, February 19, 2022, “Celebrating Ticker Alumni: Mort Gerberg”  A good catching-up piece about Mr. Gerberg, who began contributing to The New Yorker in 1965.  He was the subject on an Ink Spill interview last year.   — above: Mort Gerberg, on the left, with George Booth.  ___________________________________________________________________ Video

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Weekend Spill: A Gem From The Great Al Ross; Matchbook Arno; The Tilley Watch Online, February 1-4, 2022; More Spills: J.A.K., Spiegelman, The Old & The New Old

A Gem From The Great Al Ross Looking through the most recent addition to the Spill library, a bound volume (the Louisville Public Library’s loss, our gain) of New Yorkers from May through June of 1978, I came across this terrific drawing by the late great Al Ross. I surely studied this drawing back in that first week in May

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Friday Spill: Kuper’s “INterSECTS” At The New York Public Library; Chast In Conversation With Fierstein

Kuper’s “INterSECTS” At The New York Public Library Here’s something: “INterSECTS” an exhibit of work by Peter Kuper at The New York Public Library. Mr. Kuper began contributing his art to The New Yorker in 2011. All the info here. A thirty second animated film here.  Two Interviews:  With Steven Heller, Print mag, January 12, 2022,  “The Daily Heller: The New

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Weekend Spill: The Best Part Of Waking Up Is New Yorker (?) Coffee In Your Cup; Tilley Watch Online, The Week Of October 11-15, 2021: More Spills…Reuben Awards, Podcasts Posted

The Best Part of Waking Up Is New Yorker(?) Coffee In Your Cup This product is new and news to me. I’m a Maxwell House person myself, but found this coffee of interest. Haven’t tried it, so cannot report on its aroma. I wonder if the coffee-makers have captured the essence of the magazine. The good news is that this

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