Two Upcoming Events of Interest From the Carelton Newsroom. On March 20, 2021, Seth will deliver the 2020-2021 Munro Beattie Lecture, “The Inkwell’s End”…all the info here. Seth (Gregory Gallant) began contributing to The New Yorker in 2002. From Dartmouth Events, “An Hour With Harry Bliss”April 1, 2021. Mr. Bliss has been contributing to The New Yorker since 1998. ________________________________________________________________________
Read moreCalling his recent New Yorker piece, Little Donald’s Sneeze (After Winsor McCay’s ‘Little Sammy Sneeze’) a “Photoshop fest” Peter Kuper decided to do a sort of take 2 — without Photoshop. Edward Sorel has referred to working this way as direct drawing. In an email, Mr. Kuper told the Spill: “I had to check if my McCay drawing chops were
Read moreHere’s a fun post from A New Yorker State Of Mind: Reading Every Issue of The New Yorker Magazine. The unusual cover art* is by the great Rea Irvin. Mr. Irvin’s entry on the Spill‘s A-Z: Rea Irvin (Self portrait above right from Meet the Artist) Born, San Francisco, 1881; died in the Virgin Islands,1972. Irvin was the cover artist
Read moreDonnelly & Thurber’s Influence From The Cleveland Plain Dealer (cleveland.com), September 1, 2019, “James Thurber continues to influence today’s cartoonists” — this piece by Marilyn Greenwald ___________________________________________ A Thurber Anniversary Event At The Society Of Illustrators From The Society Of Illustrators, this notice of a Thurber event this coming October. Coinciding with the 125th birthday celebration publication of Collected Fables
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