Thurber Thursday: Latest Addition To The Spill Archives…A Thurber Scarf Over the past few years I’ve followed the Richard Farrar New Yorker cartoon scarf pieces posted on Attempted Bloggery. Stephen Nadler, the person behind the AB‘s curtain has shown us scarves decorated with Thurber drawings, Anatol Kovarsky drawings, Mischa Richter drawings, William Steig drawings, and Charles Addams drawings (a recent
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The Monday Tilley Watch takes a glancing look at the art and artists of the latest issue of The New Yorker The Cover: above and below (?) from the cartoonist, Ed Steed. The Cartoonists And Cartoons: It’s the 3rd “Cartoons & Puzzles Issue,” with numerous pages of the magazine devoted to multi-panel strips. But first, the Spill‘s primary focus: the single
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…Marc Philippe Eskenazi, who once upon a time worked in The New Yorker’s Cartoon Department, is interviewed by the Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast folks. Listen here. … Here’s a tie-in piece for Roz Chast’s latest book, I Must Be Dreaming: The New York Times visits Ms.Chast At Home. …Here’s a piece about AddamsFest 2023. …and this, on November 2nd,
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Fave Photo Of The Week This past Saturday, the one-and-only Edward Sorel asked a few people over to his home to raise a glass, and toast the great New Yorker artist, Edward Koren, who passed away in April. Mr. Sorel and Mr. Koren’s friendship spanned more than six decades. Also in attendance was Mr. Koren’s daughter, Sasha Koren, and two
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