Tom Toro in The Paris Review; Blogs of Interest: Attempted Bloggery, New Yorker State of Mind

Tom Toro in The Paris Review Mr. Toro is illustrating a series, Life Sentence, for the Review, illustrating one sentence at a time. See his work here. _____________________________________________________________________________ Two blogs of note today, both very familiar to Spill visitors by now. The first is Stephen Nadler’s Attempted Bloggery  where he has posted, “Anatol Kovarsky: Leda and the Swan” —  in

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George Booth on CBS Sunday Morning; John Held’s 1927 Cover; More Spills: Lars Kenseth, Tom Toro

The one-and-only George Booth, whose life work, as regular visitors to the Spill know, is currently being celebrated at The Society of Illustrators, will be featured in a CBS “Sunday Morning” segment this weekend.  Info here. _______________________________________________________________________________ Attempted Bloggery continues to find fun stuff.  Today it’s a John Held, Jr cover for a 1927 Yale- Princeton Football game. Below is

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Photos of Interest: George Booth Event at the Society of Illustrators; Interview of Interest: Tom Toro; Lecture of Interest: Karasik & Newgarden; Brendan Loper’s Town Square; Book of Interest: Peter Kuper

Photos of Interest: George Booth Event at The Society of Illustrators As visitors to this site know, there’s an exhibit of work by George Booth at The Society of Illustrators. The show is a real treat.  Last night Mr. Booth was on stage in front of a packed house, telling stories and answering questions. Here are some photos, courtesy of

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