First And Last…Vahan Shirvanian Another in the series of a New Yorker cartoonist’s very first published (New Yorker) drawing, and their last. Vahan Shirvanian Born, Hackensack, New Jersey, 1925. Died, January 30, 2013,
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Fave Throw Back Photo Of The Day It’s going to come as no surprise to habitual visitors to this site that the Spill would find the above photo fascinating. What you’re seeing is just a glimpse of the black binders in The New Yorker’s library. Every New Yorker writer and artist’s work is collected in these (scrap)books. The last
Read moreNew Jersey’s New Yorkers…an Ink Spill Map
Here’s a look at Garden State born New Yorker contributors (including its current editor) as well as New Yorker contributors (all cartoonists) not Jersey born, but currently living there. Also included: New Yorker contributors who, though not native-born, grew up there and/or lived there for a good while. If anyone out there has others I’ve missed (and I’m sure I
Read moreVahan Shirvanian, lifelong New Jerseyian, dies at 87
Word has reached Ink Spill from Mike Lynch of the passing of Vahan Shirvanian, who contributed 44 drawings to The New Yorker (his first appearance in the magazine was in the issue of April 27, 1968; his work last appeared in the issue of January 12, 1988). According to The Newark Star Ledger, his first cartoon sale was to The
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