The Weekend Spill
Fave Photo Of The Day: Donnelly Works On Her “Very Funny Ladies” Cover
With the updated and expanded manuscript turned in for the new edition of Very Funny Ladies, Liza Donnelly has turned to the book’s new cover. The photo below taken today in her studio (a room that long long ago was the site of boxing matches, and, at other times (?), dancing).
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An end of week listing of New Yorker artists contributing to newyorker.com features
The Daily Cartoon: Bishakh Som, Meredith Southard, Zoe Si, Adam Douglas Thompson, J.A.K..
Daily Shouts: Clare Twohy & Mike Twohy, Liana Finck, Sara Lautman.
…and Barry Blitt’s Kvetchbook
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Cops & Robbers From Dick Buchanan’s Files
Dick Buchanan has once again opened up his voluminous cartoon tear sheet files, and via Mike Lynch’s blog, gives us Cops & Robbers, 1939 – 1969. See the work here (the post includes the above Larry Reynolds ice cream cone disaster drawing from Collier’s, December 23, 1939).
Mr. Reynold’s Spill A-Z entry:
Larry Reynolds (Photo from I Feel Like A Cad, 1944; self portrait above right from Colliers Collects Its Wits, Harcourt Brace & Co., 1941) Born, Mt. Vernon, NY, c. 1912. Died, March 4, 2002, Barnstable County, Massachusetts. New Yorker work: 3 drawings: Jan 7, 1939 / Feb 24, 1940 / April 6, 1940. Collection of Note: I Feel Like A Cad (drawings from Collier’s Weekly). Link to Allan Holtz’s Reynold’s Stripper’s Guide Profile here.