Latest Parody Addition To The Spill Library: “The New Yawker” From James Thurber’s alma mater, Ohio State University, and The Sun Dial (the O.S.U. magazine he wrote for and edited within the first decade of the 1900s): The New Yawker. Very pleased to have come across this copy (the only one I’ve seen) and added it to the collection*(see below
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Catching Up With The Daily Cartoons Wednesday’s Daily Cartoonist: Shadows at The Supreme Court, from Peter Kuper, who began contributing to The New Yorker in 2011. Bonus Daily (Wednesday) from cover artist Jenny Kroik. Thursday’s Daily Cartoonist: Homework, from Adam Douglas Thompson, who began contributing to The New Yorker in 2019. Friday’s Daily: An airport screening from J.A.K. who began
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You’re Kidding, Right? Here’s what the cover of the original edition of James Thurber’s Let Your Mind Alone! looks like. It was published exactly eighty-four years and one day ago (for those not wanting to do the math: September 8, 1937). I think it’s quite a beautiful cover, but then I think almost every Thurber book cover is beautiful. Here
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An end of week listing of New Yorker artists contributing to newyorker.com features The Daily Cartoon: Peter Kuper, J.A.K., Sara Lautman, Brendan Loper Daily Shouts: Arantza Pene Popo, Ali Solomon (with Janine Annett), Jeremy Nguyen (Zareen Choudhury) …and Barry Blitt’s Kvetchbook: “Joe Manchin Has A Plan” __________________________________________________ They’re Practically Giving It Away The last time I checked Amazon (five minutes
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