Friday Spill: New Book…Tom Chitty’s “Nooks & Crannies Of New York”; Now That’s A Cover!…Ilonka Karasz

New Book! News of “the first originally published book by American Bystander“ From The American Bystander: Nooks and Crannies of New York: From the Chronicles of Baron von Shoogenheimer is a new book by cartoonist Tom Chitty. It’s assembled from the quaint observations, dire warnings, private enthusiasms, and highly selective urban knowledge of the Edwardian era’s greatest unknown traveler, Baron Eugene von

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Friday Spill: Ellis Rosen Is The Latest Guest On The Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast; The Latest American Bystander Is In The House; Interesting “Mixture” On The Daily Cartoonist; A Drawing Happy Hour with Sofia Warren & Suerynn Lee

Ellis Rosen Is The Latest Guest On The Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast   Ellis Rosen, who began contributing to The New Yorker in 2016, joins co-hosts Beth Lawler (top left, above), Paul Nesja (top right), and Nicole Chrolavicius (bottom left). This is episode #197, for those keeping track. Listen here. _____________________________________________________ The Latest American Bystander Is In The House Was very happy

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Tuesday Spill: Hilary Campbell’s Gallery Show Opening Thursday; Latest Cartoon Caption Contest Pod: More Spills…

Hilary Campbell’s Gallery Show “Today: 10 Years Of Cartooning” Thursday   Hilary Campbell, who began contributing to The New Yorker in 2017, is interviewed here about Thursday’s opening at ArtsClub. Visit her website.  Her new book, out January 10,  is What Did I Do Today?    ______________________________________________________________ Latest Cartoon Caption Contest Pod It’s always fun to hear The Cartoon Caption

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Friday Spill: Chatfield’s New Yorker Softball Update; Addams Family Films Ranked; Chitty Covers the Bystander

From The Spill’s Sports Desk: Chatfield’s Update Jason Chatfield (New Yorker cartoonist & New Yorker softball team member) has filed this update from the field:  After a thrashing at the hands of Forbes in Riverside Park last week (15 to 1… oof!) The New Yorker Softball team had a victory in Central Park against longtime rivals The Paris Review last

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