Graphic Piece Of Interest By Emily Flake; Book On The Horizon: Peter Steiner’s The Good Cop; Blogs Of Interest: A New Yorker State Of Mind, Attempted Bloggery; Today’s New Yorker Daily Cartoonist: Peter Kuper

Graphic Piece of Interest by Emily Flake From  Emily Flake on The Nib, March 9, 2019, “It’s All In The Family”: ‘Can a hollow woman raise a whole, unbroken child?’” Ms. Flake began contributing to The New Yorker in 2008.  Visit her website here. ____________________________________ Book On The Horizon: Peter Steiner’s “The Good Cop” It’s no secret that Peter Steiner,

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The Monday Tilley Watch, The New Yorker Issue Of March 25, 2019; Even More George Price; Today’s Daily Cartoonist: Lila Ash

The Cover: As mentioned here last week, the Brexit-inspired cover, by Mark Ulriksen, was early-released.  Read about it here. The Cartoonists: Suerynn Lee‘s work has appeared on newyorker.com;  this is her print debut in the magazine. Ms. Lee is the fifth cartoonist to debut this year, and the twenty-ninth cartoonist brought aboard since Emma Allen took the reins of the

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Cartoon Companion Goes On Hiatus; More Price, Close Up; Today’s New Yorker Daily Cartoonist: Brooke Bourgeois

The Cartoon Companion  fellows, Max and Phil (and now revealed as Rex Hesner, and the cartoonist, Phil Witte), have announced they are moving on to another pasture. The Spill wishes them well as they delve ever deeper into this peculiar art form.  Read about the move here.   The departure of Cartoon Companion leaves the internet devoid of a site

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Close-Up Of A George Price Original; Today’s New Yorker Daily Cartoonist: Mary Lawton

Attempted Bloggery takes a close look at a George Price original drawing. Here’s his entry on the Spill‘s A-Z: George Price (above) Born in Coytesville, New Jersey, June 9, 1901. Died January 12, 1995, Engelwood, New Jersey. New Yorker work: 1929 – 1991. Lee Lorenz, the New Yorker’s former Art/Cartoon editor, called Price one of the magazine’s great stylists (along

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