Appearance of Interest: Harry Bliss Harry Bliss, a New Yorker contributor since 1998, will speak at the Henry Sheldon Museum of Vermont History on September 18th. All the details here. __________________________________________________________________________ Attempted Bloggery Begins a Gregory d’Alessio Appreciation Gregory d’Alessio, a New Yorker contributor — he contributed from 1934 – 1940 — who doesn’t get much attention is finally getting
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Advertising Work by New Yorker Cartoonists, Part 4: Steinberg; Liza Donnelly Live-Draws The Late Show with Stephen Colbert; Rejected New Yorker Covers by Whittington, Higgins; Video: New York City in the 1920s
Steinberg did ad work? You bet. As with William Steig, a Steinberg Part 2 will be posted at some later time. Warren Bernard, Executive Director of SPX, is the one responsible for researching & gathering all these images. My thanks to Warren for allowing them to appear here. Here are the dates for these ads: Emerson, 1948; House & Garden,
Read moreAdvertising Work by New Yorker Cartoonists, Part 1: Peter Arno; Shanahan’s Sharks
Advertising Work by New Yorker Cartoonists, Part 1 Warren Bernard, author of the wonderful book, Cartoons For Victory, as well as Executive Director of The Small Press Expo, has generously allowed the Spill access to hundreds of images he has collected that depict advertising work executed by New Yorker cartoonists. The Spill will post these from time-to-time. This is not
Read moreLatest New Yorker Cartoons Rated; A Barbara Shermund Rejected Cover; A Courthouse Opening
Latest New Yorker Cartoons Rated The CC boys are back with their thoughts and idiosyncratic ratings for the cartoons appearing in the latest issue of The New Yorker. In this issue are, among others, cartoons featuring dogs, doctors, tombstones, and fish. Read all about everything here. ____________________________________________________________________ A Barbara Shermund Rejected Cover Attempted Bloggery continues its week-long look at proposed,
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