Sam Gross Is On Facebook!
The one, the only, the fabulous Sam Gross now has a Facebook page.
Mr. Gross’s entry on the Spill‘s A-Z:
Sam Gross Born 1933, Bronx, NY. New Yorker work: August 23, 1969 –. Other than his work in The New Yorker, Mr. Gross is probably best known for his work in National Lampoon. He’s edited a large number of collections, including Dogs Dogs Dogs, Cats Cats Cats, Food Food Food: A Feast of Great Cartoons (originally published as All You Can Eat: A Feast of Great Cartoons); Golf Golf Golf, Ho! Ho! Ho!, Movies Movies Movies. Key collections: I Am Blind and My Dog is Dead (Avon, 1978), An Elephant is Soft and Mushy (Avon, 1982)
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Today’s Daily Cartoonist & Cartoon
Lars Kenseth on being there, sort of.
Mr. Kenseth began contributing to The New Yorker in 2016. Visit his website here.
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A New Yorker State Of Mind Looks At The New Yorker Issue Of April 25, 1931
As usual with this Spill fave blog, it’s always a kick looking at what was happening in the New Yorkersphere way way way back when.
Gotta love the Helen Hokinson cover.
Here’s Ms. Hokinson’s entry on the Spill‘s A-Z:
Helen Hokinson Born, Illinois, 1893; died, Washington, D.C., 1949. New Yorker work: 1925 -1949, with some work published posthumously. All of Hokinson’s collections are wonderful, but here are two favorites. Her first collection: So You’re Going To Buy A Book! (Minton, Balch & Co, 1931) and what was billed as “the final Hokinson collection”: The Hokinson Festival (Dutton & Co., 1956). According to a New Yorker document produced during Harold Ross’s editorship (1925-1951) rating their artists, Ms. Hokinson and Peter Arno occupied a special category unto themselves above all others.
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...Tom Toro‘s first kids book is just out. Read about it here. Congrats, Mr. T!
…the latest celeb New Yorker Caption Contest video has been posted. Several fun/funny captions by Ellie Kemper & Daniel Radcliffe (the cartoons captioned are by David Borchart, Tom Cheney, Joe Dator, Leo Cullum, Maggie Larson, and Danny Shanahan).