The Cover: Without heading to the Table Of Contents and reading the title for this cover I’m going to guess it’s a comment on city noise. I’ve always felt New Yorker covers should work stand alone, without explanation, or description. This was the practice until Tina Brown’s revamp of the magazine, beginning with the issue of October 5, 1992. Okay,
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The Weekend Spill: A Booth Exhibit; New Blitt’s Kvetchbook Entry; Events Of Interest With Liana Finck; The Tilley Watch Online For August 19-23, 2019
A Booth Exhibit There’s a brand new George Booth exhibit up and running at Gallery North out on Long Island. All the info here. George Booth’s entry on the Spill‘s A-Z: George Booth (photo taken in NYC 2016, courtesy of Liza Donnelly) Born June 28, 1926, Cainesville, MO. New Yorker work: June 14, 1969 – . Key collections: Think Good
Read moreA Non-Chas Addams Drawn Addams Family Comic Book This Fall; Today’s Daily Cartoonist & Cartoon; McPhail’s Graphic Review
From IDW, news of a one-shot Addams Family comic book this fall. Read about it here on Newsarama (includes the IDW press release). Worth noting that the drawings in this upcoming comic book will look like the ones above left, not the ones on the right, drawn by Addams. Mr. Addams entry on the Spill’s A-Z: Charles Addams (Born in
Read moreToday’s Daily Cartoonist & Cartoon; McPhail’s Graphic Novel; Liza Donnelly Illustrates A Carole King Announcement
Today’s Daily Cartoonist & Cartoon Teresa Burns Parkhurst (a New Yorker cartoonist since 2017) on Pets and 4th Of July Booms. ______________________________________________________________________________ Will McPhail’s Graphic Novel From The Bookseller, July 3, 2019, “Sceptre Wins Three-Publisher Auction For New Yorker Cartoonist’s Debut” — Will McPhail (shown above) has been signed to deliver a graphic novel in 2021. Read about it here.
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