Friday Spill: Fave Photo Of The Week (1): Liza Donnelly In A Sea Of Original New Yorker Art; Happy Birthday, Edward Frascino!; Radio Interview Of Interest: Bruce Eric Kaplan; Fave Photo Of The Week (2): Chatfield, Campbell, And Warren; And Speaking Of Photographs And Cartoonists And Events: Next Thursday Is Launch Day For “At Wit’s End: Cartoonists Of The New Yorker”

Fave Photo Of The Week 1 Here’s Liza Donnelly in a sea of New Yorker original art for The New Yorker centennial exhibit she’s curating for The Society of Illustrators (the exhibit will open in 2025…more details to come when available). _______________________________________________________________________ Happy Birthday, Edward Frascino!   The Spill wishes Mr. Frascino, at 94, The New Yorker‘s eldest active contributing

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Tuesday Spill: Video Of Interest…Sofia Warren; Visiting A Collector And His Collection

Video Of Interest…Sofia Warren Sofia Warren, who began contributing to The New Yorker in November of 2017, walks us through a drawing in this short video. Visit Sofia Warren’s website here. _____________________________________________________________________ Visiting A Collector and His Collection A few days ago, Liza Donnelly and I drove to my home state of New Jersey to visit with Mr. Attempted Bloggery

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Friday Spill: Fave Photo Of The Week; Some New Yorker Folks At Cartoons Crossroads Columbus (CXC); Amanda Chung Is The Latest Guest On The Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast

Fave Photo Of The Week 2024 Hall of Fame inductee Steve Brodner  posted this photo from last night’s Society of Illustrators Hall of Fame Awards dinner. Left to right: Joe Ciardiello, Edward Sorel, Liza Donnelly, James McMullan, Rick Meyerowitz, and Victor Juhasz _______________________________________________________________________   Some New Yorker Folks At Cartoon Crossroads Columbus (CXC) CXC is a “free comics art and

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Tuesday Spill: Arnos Auctioned; Event Of Interest: R. Sikoryak’s Carousel With Flake And Som At The Society Of Illustrators

A Couple Of Auctioned Arnos   A Spill fave site, Attempted Bloggery, reports on two fab Peter Arno drawings recently auctioned: “All Aboard The Elevator”  and “Duet At The Organ”    _________________________________________________________________________ Peter Arno’s A-Z Entry… Peter Arno Born Curtis Arnoux Peters, Jr., January 8, 1904, New York City. Died February 22, 1968, Port Chester, NY. New Yorker work: 1925 -1968.

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