In what is becoming a tradition on this very tradition-ey day, I’m posting Bob Eckstein‘s classic New Yorker Thanksgiving drawing. Looking back at the November 19, 2012 Spill piece spotlighting it, I was reminded that Mr. Eckstein was the Spill‘s very first interviewee. In the spirit of thanks, to him for allowing me to continue to re-use his drawing, and
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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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Latest Parody Addition To The Spill Library: “The New Yawker” From James Thurber’s alma mater, Ohio State University, and The Sun Dial (the O.S.U. magazine he wrote for and edited within the first decade of the 1900s): The New Yawker. Very pleased to have come across this copy (the only one I’ve seen) and added it to the collection*(see below
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The Monday Tilley Watch Takes A Glancing Look At Some Of The Art & Artists Of The Latest Issue Of The New Yorker The Cover: A cover reflecting the theme of the issue: Style & Design The Cartoonists: The Cartoons: Eleven cartoons, twelve cartoonists (Emily Flake has a Sketchpad). No newbies, no duos (that we know of). The Sam Gross
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