Attempted Bloggery On An Auctioned Arno It’s always fun to see original New Yorker art up for grabs, especially something from one of the grand masters. A Spill favorite site, Attempted Bloggery tells us about a recent sale of the 1964 Peter Arno drawing shown here. Read it here. __________________________________________________________ Catching Up With…A New Yorker State Of
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A Look At The New Yorker’s 25th Anniversary Issue This morning I grabbed a bound volume of New Yorkers off the shelf that includes the magazine’s 25th anniversary issue. Hmmmm, I thought to myself…1950. interesting time for the magazine, with the semi-modern wave of cartoonists (Saxon, Weber, Lorenz, Miller, etc.) yet to arrive. If we remember that Harold Ross (the
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Emily Flake*, Amy Hwang**, and Chris Weyant are the three finalists in the (gag***) “Gag Cartooning” division of the 2021 National Cartoonists Society Awards. In the running for the NCS’s “Cartoonist Of The Year” award are two New Yorker colleagues: Keith Knight, and Edward Sorel. And among the Advertising/Product Illustration award nominees is another New Yorker colleague, Ivan
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The Ink Spill Interview: Edward Koren Of the nearly 700 artists who have contributed cartoons to The New Yorker in its 97 years, Edward Koren is among the half-dozen who have contributed 60 years or more. 60 years of cartoons and covers! That is a massive amount of commitment, resilience, artistry,
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