Happy 95th, R.O. Blechman! The Spill wishes the terrif New Yorker cover artist, R.O. Blechman a very happy 95th birthday. Mr. Blechman’s A-Z Entry: R.O. Blechman (photo: Hillsdale, NY, 2017. photo by Elwood Smith ). Born, New York, October1, 1930. New Yorker work: Mr. Blechman is, among many other editorial and commercial pursuits, a cover artist for The New Yorker,
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Eustace Tilley Cufflinks Of Interest From Attempted Bloggery, September 23, 2025, “Eustace Tilley New Yorker Cuffllnks” Stephen Nadler, the fellow behind the Attempted Bloggery curtain, takes a look at these interesting, and somewhat mysterious pieces (the set above are part of the Spill archives). “Mysterious” because there seems to be, at the moment, only one other known pair (offered and
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A Treasure Trove Of Obscure Charles Addams Drawings Via Attempted Bloggery Here’s something appropriate for a “Wednesday” Spill: 51 Charles Addams cartoons that appeared in his mid-to-late 1950s strip, Out Of This World. It’s not a stretch to suggest that most of us have never seen the majority of these drawings before. Go here to see them on Attempted Bloggery
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Attempted Bloggery’s Arno Quest It took a long long time — decades! — for Attempted Bloggery‘s Stephen Nadler to complete a Peter Arno quest that involved original Arno art, a New York City gallery, a now defunct humor magazine, and, of course, persistence. Read about it here. ____________________________________________________ Peter Arno’s A-Z Entry: Peter Arno Born Curtis Arnoux Peters, Jr., January 8,
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