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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As posted here yesterday, Emily Flake has been awarded this year’s Thurber Prize For American Humor In Cartoon Art. The Spill congratulates Emily on the award! Liza Donnelly (who, in partnership with Thurber House and this cartoonist, initiated the award) wrote on her Substack two years ago when the prize was first awarded: “The prize goes to someone who, like
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Thurber House announced this morning that Emily Flake has been awarded the 2026 Thurber Prize For American Humor In Cartoon Art . From Thurber House:”Awarded annually, the Thurber Prize for American Humor is one of the highest recognitions of the art of humor writing and cartooning in the United States.” The prize was first awarded in 2024 to Roz Chast;
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First & Last New Yorker Drawing… Frank Modell A series of quick looks at an artist’s very first New Yorker cartoon and their last Frank Modell was one of The New Yorker‘s cartoonist anchors during the James Geraghty/Lee Lorenz eras. In his fifty-one years at the magazine he was one of the few artists who contributed over a 1000 drawings
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