Wednesday Spill: A Richard Decker Summertime Cartoon; Excerpts From Liza Donnelly’s Documentary Film “Women Laughing” To Be Shown At Swann

____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ A Richard Decker Summertime Cartoon I came across the below Richard Decker New Yorker drawing the other day (it was published June 28, 1952, not quite midway in his 38 year year run at the magazine). This drawing has so much going for it, I had to stay with it for awhile. I’ve no idea if it was

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Tuesday Spill: Swann Catalog Posted: Addams, Lorenz, Hokinson, Miller, ffolkes Original Drawings Offered!; Daily Cartoonists: Lars Kenseth, Farley Katz

Swann Catalog Posted Swann Galleries December Illustration catalog is now posted. You can look through here. The auction will take place on December 16th, but in the meantime, have fun looking at the work offered (I did). Among the originals this time round are works by Charles Addams, Lee Lorenz, Helen Hokinson, Warren Miller, Michael ffolkes, CEM (Charles E. Martin),

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Friday’s Spill: Daily Cartoonists & Cartoons; The New Yorker’s First Modern Meta Cartoon; More Spills: Paris Review Interview With Roz Chast…New Swann Catalog With Steinberg, Steig, Addams, & So Many More

 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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The Weekend Spill: A New Yorker State Of Mind Looks At The Magazine’s 6th Anniversary Issue; From Swann Galleries: The Rise Of Illustration Art In The Public Eye

A New Yorker State Of Mind Looks At the Magazine’s 6th Anniversary Issue A fave Spill blog, A New Yorker State Of Mind: Reading Every Issue Of The New Yorker takes us deep into the magazine’s 6th anniversary issue.  Lots to see, to read. Enjoy! ___________________________________________________________________ Of Interest: The Rise Of Illustration Art In The Public Eye From Swann Galleries,

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