Fave Photo Of The Week: “West Coasters” Panel East Coaster New Yorker cartoonist, Robert Leighton, visiting out on the West Coast, attended last night’s West Coaster panel discussion at San Francisco’s Cartoon Art Museum, took the photo below, and was kind enough to send it along to the Spill. (Thank you, Robert!). Pictured l-r, Cartoon Art Museum curator, Andrew Farago,
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______________________________________________________________________________ Interview of Interest…Emma Allen From a Substack I somehow missed…until now: Saran Wrapped Letters, September 28, 2025, “A Conversation With Emma Allen” Ms. Allen has been The New Yorker‘s cartoon editor since May of 2017. _____________________________________________________________________________ Women Laughing Screens Online Couldn’t make it to the New York City screenings of Women Laughing, Liza Donnelly’s documentary film about New
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Early Release…The New Yorker Mamdani Cover Every so often The New Yorker early releases its upcoming cover. This latest release, posted within hours after Zohran Mamdani was declared the winner of New York City’s mayoral race, comes just one day after the magazine’s November 10th cover was published; it’s possibly (probably!) The New Yorker‘s earliest early release cover. — Artist:
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Video Of Interest: Tom Toro In Conversation With Michael Maslin The Hudson Valley’s Panda TV was on hand last week to film Tom Toro and this cartoonist in conversation at Oblong Books in Rhinebeck, NY. Watch here. Tom’s appearance was part of a book tour for his cartoon collection, And To Think We Started As A Book Club… __________________________________________________________________________ The
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