Tuesday Spill: A Group…Helen Hokinson, Rea Irvin, Mary Petty, George Price, William Steig, Peter Arno, Jean-Claude Suares, Alajalov; Jules Feiffer…1929-2025

A Group: Hokinson, Irvin, Petty, Geo. Price, Steig, Peter Arno, Suares, Alajalov Since we’re in The New Yorker‘s 100th birthday celebration year I thought it would be fun to do a grouping of some of the magazine’s artists (I haven’t done one for awhile). Here’s what you see above: The foundation for the photo is a large poster of George

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Weekend Spill: Video Of Interest…Frank Cotham; The Tilley Watch Online, The Week Of November 4-8, 2024; Ads Using Cartoons In A 1948 Issue Of The New Yorker

Video Of Interest: Frank Cotham               From WKNO -TV,  “A Conversation With Frank Cotham.” Mr. Cotham’s first New Yorker drawing appeared in the issue of  December 13, 1993 (read a Spill piece about the 20th anniversary of that debut here). ____________________________________________________________________________ The Tilley Watch Online, The Week Of November 4-8, 2024 An end of the

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Thurber Thursday: The Dog Wish; Video Of Interest…Barry Blitt; Latest Addition To The Spill Archive…A William Steig Paperweight

  “Man is troubled by what might be called the Dog Wish, a strange and involved compulsion to be as happy and carefree as a dog” — James Thurber ________________________________________________________________ Video Of Interest…Barry Blitt From The New Yorker, November 4, 2024, “How The Artist Barry Blitt Turns Politics Into Cartoon Cover Gold”  Mr. Blitt has been contributing to The New

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