Thurber Thursday, usually seen here, will be back next week. Today being Thanksgiving, the Spill traditionally posts the below cartoon, originally published in The New Yorker, October 16, 2006.
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Tag: The New Yorker
Wednesday Spill: Latest Addition To The Spill Library…R. Crumb’s “Tales Of Paranoia”
Latest Addition To The Spill’s Library: R. Crumb’s “Tales Of Paranoia” I’m not sure what led me to the Fantagraphics page promoting R. Crumbs newest work, Tales Of Paranoia — all I know is that the intro text on the page won me over: “THE FIRST R. CRUMB COMIC BOOK IN 23 YEARS! The seminal cartoonist who single-handedly invented
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Tuesday Spill: Gathering Up The Tilleys
Gathering Up The Tilleys Some years back, I fanned out the Spill‘s collection of Rea Irvin Eustace Tilley New Yorker anniversary issues on the floor, then stood on a chair, looked down at them and
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Sunday Spill: “For Mr. Ross, My Boss And Severest Critic”
Making my way around Ebay this morning, I came across the below (signed) photo of the late very great New Yorker cover artist and cartoonist, Helen Hokinson. “Mr. Ross” is, of course, Harold Ross, the fellow who invented The New Yorker Magazine. Helen Hokinson’s A-Z Entry: Helen Hokinson Born, Illinois,1893; died, Washington, D.C., 1949. New Yorker work: 1925 -1949,
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