Last week, there was an impromptu visit to the Spill’s headquarters by a quartet of New Yorker cartoonists. Not too long ago I would’ve led them to what my wife and I call the piano room (because there’s a piano in the room) where they would’ve seen four walls covered with framed cartoons by New Yorker artists (a sample directly below).
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The Tilley Watch Online, July 3-7, 2023 An end of the week listing of New Yorker artists whose work has appeared on newyorker.com features The Daily Cartoon: this cartoonist, Ellis Rosen, Akeem Roberts, Zoe Si, Colin Tom. Daily Shouts: Kendra Allenby. Barry Blitt’s Kvetchbook: “Former President’s Mug Shot Unearthed” ________________________________________________________________________ Latest Addition To The Spill Library This 78 year old
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3 More Thurber At Auction The latest Swann Illustration auction catalog is now online. Among the work by New Yorker contributors Charles Addams, William Steig, Edward Sorel, George Price, Lee Lorenz, R.O. Blechman, Frank Modell, John Held, Jr., Barbara Shermund, Rea Irvin, Mischa Richter, C.E.M. (Charles E. Martin), and Richard Taylor, are 3 drawings by James Thurber. “Are there
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“Those Cartoonists!” From Dick Buchanan Via Mike Lynch’s Blog Thanks to Dick Buchanan and his fab files, “Those Cartoonists!” an article from the January 7, 1945 issue of This Week Magazine, has appeared on cartoonist Mike Lynch’s blog. You can see it here. The article’s author, Charles D. Rice, Jr., packs a lot of info into a few pages, including
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