Tom Bloom is a renowned illustrator for The New York Times (among other publications) as well as one of the most avid collectors of New Yorker cartoonist related books and ephemera I know. He is also a good friend of Ink Spill, and, lucky for us all, someone who likes to share. Today Tom has sent along a trio of
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Regan Arts to Publish Maslin Peter Arno Biography, Mad At Something
I’m pleased to announce that Mad At Something, my biography of the late and very great New Yorker cartoonist, Peter Arno will be published by Regan Arts. Arno is one of the pillars of The New Yorker‘s earliest days, a group that includes Harold Ross, E.B. White, Katharine White, and James Thurber. Ross, the magazine’s founder and first
Read moreHappy Birthday, Mr. Arno
The late great New Yorker artist, Peter Arno was born 110 years ago today at home in Morningside Heights, New York. As many regular visitors to Ink Spill know, I began a biography of Mr. Arno back in 1999. Someday, a publisher willing, Mad At Something: The Life and Times of Peter
Read moreSyd Hoff Exhibit out west; Marcella Hazan changed David Sipress’s Life
Ink Spill has learned from the niece of the late great Syd Hoff that the exhibit “Syd Hoff: The Man, the Magic and the Mystery” is opening this coming October 7th in Newport Beach, California. Details here. Link to the Syd Hoff website here. From the press release: NEWPORT BEACH LIBRARY TO SHOWCASE
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