Wednesday Spill: Swann’s Jules Feiffer Auction Includes Work By Charles Addams, Alan Dunn, Lee Lorenz, Leo Cullum, Carl Rose, Jack Ziegler, Mischa Richter; A Steinberg Exhibit…”On The Table”

“Illustration Art: Featuring Highlights From The Collection Of Jules Feiffer” is on for June 20th. The collection contains numerous pieces by such New Yorker contributors as Charles Addams, Mick Stevens, Peter Kuper, Carl Rose, Edward Sorel, Mischa Richter, Leo Cullum, Roz Chast, Lee Lorenz, Bruce Eric Kaplan, Edward Koren, Wallace Morgan, Gahan Wilson, Alan Dunn, and John Held, Jr.. –above:

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Thurber Sunday: Post-Thurber Prize Wrap-Up

It was great fun being onstage at The Columbus Museum of Art, along with Liza Donnelly, for the presentation to Roz Chast of the very first Thurber Prize for American Humor in Cartoon Art. Ms. Donnelly concluded her remarks with this: “The prize goes to someone who, like James Thurber, has shared her world view with unique drawings and masterfully

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Weekend Spill: Roz Chast Receives The Very First Thurber Prize For American Cartoon Art; John Cuneo’s Early Release Trump New Yorker Cover; The Tilley Watch Online, The Week Of May 27-31, 2024

                 Roz Chast Receives The First Thurber Prize for American Cartoon Art   From Medium, via The Daily Cartoonist, June 1, 2024, this reporting by Liza Donnelly on Thursday night’s big to-do with Roz Chast in Columbus, Ohio. [the Spill will have more on the event tomorrow] — left: I asked Ms. Chast for

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Friday Spill: Jason Patterson Guests On The Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast; The New Yorker Softball T-Shirt

             Jason Patterson Guests On The Latest Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast On the latest Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast (episode #156 for those keeping track), Jason Patterson, shown bottom right above, is joined by his collaborator, Dan Abdo (below left).  Co-host Nicole Chrolavicius is on the top left, and co-host Paul Nesja, top right. Listen here.

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