Wednesday Spill: “Women Laughing” To Screen At MoCCA 2026; Show & Tell: John Updike’s Steinberg Original; A Kickstarter For “Real Life Comix, Only In New York”

Women Laughing To Screen At MoCCA 2026, Sunday, March 29th   –photo: Eric Korenman Info here _______________________________________________________ Show & Tell: John Updike’s Steinberg Original At a recent public appearance in Ipswich, Massachusetts, Michael Updike, John Updike’s third child, lead into reading from Selected Letters Of John Updike (Knopf, 2025; Edited by James Schiff) with a “show and tell” of the original

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Friday Spill: New Yorker Cartoonists Abound For “Drawn From The New Yorker: A Centennial Celebration”

Cartoonists Abound For “Drawn From The New Yorker: A Centennial Celebration” A boffo opening reception last night at The Society of Illustrators for their Drawn From The New Yorker: A Centennial Celebration exhibit. Over 500 folks jammed into the Society (a record for any event ever held there). Above is a group photo (spliced together from a video taken by

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Wednesday: Podcast Of Interest…Gil Roth Interviews Will McPhail; More Spills…Gerberg Honored By NCS; Today’s Daily Cartoonist & Cartoon; Eisner Nominees Announced

Gil Roth Interviews Will McPhail The fab Gil Roth, who has interviewed numerous New Yorker contributors (including this one) speaks with Will McPhail. Mr. McPhail (below) began contributing to The New Yorker in 2014. His new book is IN, out now.  Visit Mr. McPhail’s website here. Go here for the list of Comics and Cartoonists interviewed by Mr. Roth. ________________________________________________

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