Closing in on the end of a seemingly long double-issue two weeks — a new issue will come out next Monday — I thought it would be fun to try out a new addition to the Spill: First & Last. It’s been an interest of mine, when thinking about certain New Yorker artists, to automatically look into what their first
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Personal History…Desk Moving I’m not sure how other cartoonists feel about moving their desks (their work areas) around their homes. My impression, from visiting colleagues over the years is that they find a spot and stay put. That hasn’t been my experience though. Since moving into this house, more than thirty years ago, I’ve traveled four times, from room to
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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
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48 Years Ago This Week In The New Yorker This being the second week of a double issue week, there’s no new magazine art to study this rainy morn. As regular visitors to the Spill know, I occasionally do some time-traveling on these off-weeks, and look at an issue (usually selected at random) from the past. I wanted some small
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