Steve Stoliar, author of Raised Eyebrows: My Years Inside Groucho’s House has brought to the Spill‘s attention an article illustrated by James Thurber* way way back in March of 1937 for Stage magazine. I will let Mr. Stoliar do the talking from this point on : They [Thurber’s Marx Brothers drawings] were done to illustrate an article by Teet Carle
Read moreLast week’s 95th anniversary issue was a double issue, dated February 17 & 24, as you see below. So (sigh) no new cartoons to discuss until next Monday. In the meantime here’s a rarity courtesy of Spill friend, the author, Steve Stoliar. He recently acquired a copy of The Ritz Carltons, published in 1927, authored by Fillmore Hyde, with illustrations
Read moreSteve Stoliar On Meeting Charles Addams Mr. Stoliar, the author of Raised Eyebrows: My Years Inside Groucho’s House (BearManor Media, 2015), posted the following birthday tribute to Charles Addams on Facebook. My thanks to Mr. Stoliar for allowing it to appear here. Note: Dick Cavett’s New Yorker Cartoonists episodes were broadcast in March of 1978 (one taping, broken up into
Read moreGluyas Williams’ B’Day My thanks to the author Steve Stoliar for alerting the Spill that it’s the birthday of Gluyas Williams, one of the giants of the early New Yorker. Here’s Mr. Williams Spill A-Z entry: Gluyas Williams (above left undated; right: 1975) Born, July 23, 1888, San Francisco. Died, Boston, Mass., 1982. One of the pillars of Harold Ross’s
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