Another in a series of looking at the very first and very last New Yorker contributions by its artists.
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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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The Ink Spill Interview: Mort Gerberg
Sam Gross, Mort Gerberg, and Edward Koren. NYC, Spring, 2017. The Ink Spill Interview: Mort Gerberg This week marks the 56th anniversary of the publication of the first cartoon Mort Gerberg sold to The New Yorker. The cartoon was
Read moreThe Wednesday Watch: Playboy Will End Its Print Edition; Today’s Daily Cartoonist & Cartoon…And Today’s Daily Shouts Cartoonist
Playboy Will End Its Print Edition From WWD, March 18, 2020, “Playboy Magazine Ceases Print Edition After 66 Years” The magazine’s Spring 2020 issue will be its last print edition. An online edition will continue (the magazine says “special” issues may appear next year). For many years, in the latter part of the Golden Age of Cartoons, as magazines that
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