Exhibit Of Interest: William Steig A current exhibit at The Carle Museum focused on William Steig’s classic Sylvester and the Magic Pebble includes “Steig’s preliminary sketches, story boards, and dummy books related to the seminal publication.” Info here. William Steig’s entry on the A-Z: Born in Brooklyn, NY, Nov. 14, 1907, died in Boston, Mass., Oct. 3, 2003. In a
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Auction Of Interest: Peter Arno, William Steig, Arnie Levin, Charles Addams, Frank Modell, Charles Saxon, And More
Thanks to Stephen Nadler of Attempted Bloggery for alerting the Spill to the new Swann catalog, which contains an abundance of New Yorker art. A highlight, shown above, is Peter Arno’s New Yorker cover of April 4, 1964. Here’s what it looked like as the published cover: Other New Yorker work offered by Charles Addams, William Steig, Charles Barsotti, Arnie
Read moreKodak’s Cartoon Campaign With Addams, Steig, And George Price; Liza Donnelly In Walt Disney’s Hometown
Kodak’s Cartoon Campaign With Addams, Steig, And George Price Stephen Nadler’s latest Attempted Bloggery post shows us some wonderful work by three New Yorker cartoon gods: Charles Addams, William Steig and George Price. See all the ads here. The artists entries on the Spill‘s A-Z: Charles Addams (above) Born in Westfield, New Jersey, January 7, 1912.
Read moreChris Weyant Answers Three Questions; Steig’s Divorce Illustrations; Three Cartoonists at Pennsylvania Fest; Cartoon Companion’s Latest Ratings
Chris Weyant Answers Three Questions From The Children’s Book Council, September 5, 2018, “Three Questions With Chris Weyant” Mr. Weyant began contributing his cartoons to The New Yorker in 1998. Link here to his website. ________________________________________________________ Steig’s Divorce Illustrations Thanks to a fave Spill blog, Attempted Bloggery, we’re able to see some great William Steig illustrations that appeared in American
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