How Much Is That Doggie? This lovely Thurber dog is listed by Between The Covers, a bookseller of interest (the catalogs are always fascinating). The seller declined to date the drawing, but it’s very safe to say it’s later Thurber, but not as late as the Thurber dog shown below. Thurber dogs drawn near the end of his life
Read moreFrom Bob Eckstein’s weekly newsletter, The Bob, April 24, 2023, “The Passing Of A Cartoon Great” Mr. Eckstein leads off his newsletter with a tribute to the artist, Edward Koren, who passed away last week at age 87 after 60 years at The New Yorker. Bob Eckstein began contributing to The New Yorker in 2007. Visit his website here.
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Ronald Searle, born on this day in 1920 is featured by at least two fave Spill sites today, Jason Chatfield’s blog and Stephen Nadler’s Attempted Bloggery Mr. Searle began contributing to The New Yorker in 1966 (his A-Z entry is at he bottom of this post). Mr. Chatfield (a New Yorker contributor since 2017) includes in his Searle post
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_______________________________________________________________________ Attempted Bloggery & Buying Books “Sight Unseen” Here’s another installment in the Attempted Bloggery series “Sight Unseen” which describes books bought despite patchy info provided by the seller. This particular purchase turned out well for Stephen Nadler (the fellow behind the Attempted Bloggery curtain). Go here to read more. Two lions of The New Yorker cartoon world, and the
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