Steve Stoliar, author of Raised Eyebrows: My Years Inside Groucho’s House has brought to the Spill‘s attention an article illustrated by James Thurber* way way back in March of 1937 for Stage magazine. I will let Mr. Stoliar do the talking from this point on : They [Thurber’s Marx Brothers drawings] were done to illustrate an article by Teet Carle
Read more
Another Harvey In The House I fell for this Alice Harvey original drawing the instant I spied it online. Luckily it has found its way to the Spill’s archives. Published in The New Yorker March 20, 1926, it was one of Harvey’s first dozen cartoons in the magazine (the Spill collection includes Ms. Harvey’s first captioned New Yorker drawing, published
Read more
It’s publication day for the Bob Eckstein edited cartoon collection, All’s Fair In Love & War, the third Ultimate Cartoon collection edited by Mr. Eckstein, published by Princeton Architectural Press. Here’s the back cover listing all the contributors (including this cartoonist): I reached out to Mr. Eckstein today with a few questions, and he was gracious enough to respond: Michael
Read more
The Tilley Watch Online An end of week listing of New Yorker artists contributing to newyorker.com features The Daily Cartoon: Brooke Bourgeois, Ellis Rosen, Kim Warp, Zoe Si, J.A.K.. Daily Shouts: Colin Stokes And Ellis Rosen. …and Barry Blitt’s Kvetchbook To see all of the above, and more, link here. _____________________________________________________________________ Interview Of Interest: Amy Kurzweil From Fiction Advocate, October
Read more