________________________________________________________________________________ Personal Cartoon History I was wandering around The New Yorker’s online archive this evening when I came across this drawing of mine from the January 9, 1984 issue. I looked at it for a few seconds then realized that it’s very different from all of my work in the magazine as it’s blatantly autobiographical. What you see is the
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The generosity of friends of the Spill never fails to amaze me. A box arrived here yesterday chock full of New Yorker materials I’d never seen before. I’m showing just a couple of items (heck, I still haven’t shown the materials that were in the last treasure trove from the same donor). First, an array of exhibit cards (various years)
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Newest Additions To The Spill Library This new addition to the spotty Spill collection of bound New Yorkers was a real treat to go through. Two Arno covers out of nine issues — he was on a hot streak in those post-war years. Memorable moments: early Steinberg drawings (captionless); a few “composite” Thurber drawings, and a number of captionless artist-in-the
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Daily Cartoonists Today’s: Tan lines from Amy Hwang, who has been contributing to The New Yorker since 2010. Visit her website here. Yesterday’s: Grab-A-Drink from Hilary Campbell, who began contributing to The New Yorker in 2017. Visit her website here. And… …link to the website for her upcoming Murder Book. Out this November from Andrews & McMeel.
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