Personal History: A Note From Willard Scott Back in the early 1980s I happened to stay overnight at a home belonging to a couple with a toddler. In the morning (a time of day I was not accustomed to seeing in those years…I was a night owl) the child appeared next to me (I was asleep on the living room
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Personal History: My First 10 (New Yorker Cartoons) I’ve always loved making lists — a habit that eventually resulted in creating the Spill‘s New Yorker Cartoonists A-Z. Somewhere in this house is a list of the first (vinyl) albums I bought: when I bought them, where I bought them, and how much I paid. When I got into The New
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______________________________________________________________________ A Roz Chast Exhibit: “At Home” Well here’s something fun to see not too far off from today: ______________________________________________________________________ The Spill wishes the great cartoonist Sam Gross a very happy 88th birthday! Sam Gross Born August 7, 1933, Bronx, NY. New Yorker work: August 23, 1969 -. Other than his work in The New Yorker Gross is probably best
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Catching Up On The Daily Cartoons Stuff occasionally happens here that’s outside the ever-present world of New Yorker cartoons and cartoonists. This week I’ve been pre-occupied with Monday’s arrival at Spill headquarters of a dumpster. Right now it’s sitting out on the street within eyesight of where I work, almost begging me to continue filling it up. No worries:
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