Happy 96th George Booth!
The Spill wishes the great New Yorker artist George Booth a very happy birthday. At 96, Mr. Booth is the magazine’s senior contributing artist.
photo: Liza Donnelly and Roz Chast celebrating with Mr. Booth today.
Mr. Booth’s latest New Yorker drawing is in the brand new issue, dated July 4, 2022. You can see it here in this slide show.
His A-Z entry:
George Booth (photo above taken in NYC 2016, courtesy of Liza Donnelly) Born June 28, 1926, Cainesville, MO. New Yorker work: June 14, 1969 – . Key collections: Think Good Thoughts About A Pussycat (Dodd, Mead, 1975), Rehearsal’s Off! (Dodd, Mead, 1976), Omnibooth: The Best of George Booth (Congdon & Weed, 1984), The Essential George Booth, Compiled and Edited by Lee Lorenz (Workman, 1998).
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Washington Post Editorial Cartoonists Article Of Interest
From The Washington Post‘s Michael Cavna, June 27, 2022, “Cartoonists passionately take on Supreme Court’s abortion decision” (with Liza Donnelly and Pia Guerra content).
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Interview Of Interest: Sofia Warren
From Multiversity Comics, June 28, 2022, Chris Cole interviews Sofia Warren.
Ms. Warren’s latest book Radical: My Year With A Socialist Senator is the focus.