The Monday Tilley Watch Takes A Glancing Look At The Art & Artists Of The Latest Issue Of The New Yorker The Cover: At the beach, and on the beach. The Cartoonists: Fifteen cartoons, fifteen cartoonists; no newbies, no duos (that we know of). Of note is the publication of a cartoon by the late Michael Crawford. It’s always a
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Latest ToonStack: “Weatherin’ The Storm” ToonStack is a weekly “newsletter” of themed cartoons. This week’s weather-proof material comes to us courtesy of Hilary Campbell, Ellis Rosen, Sofia Warren, Johnny DiNapoli, Madeline Horwath, Navied Mahdavian, Amy Kurzweil, and J.A.K.. _______________________________________________________ The Tilley Watch Online, The Week Of July 19-23, 2021 An end of week listing of New Yorker artists contributing to
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Last Friday’s opening of “Cartooning While Black” with work by the artists Victor Varnado, Akeem Roberts, Yasin Osman, and Jerald Lewis II, was an historic occasion. The show is the very first exhibit by Black New Yorker cartoonists. The Spill asked Mr. Varnado to speak on this moment, and here’s what he had to say: “I’m proud of the Cartooning
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Maybe this sounds funny coming from someone who spends a lot of time drawing “pictures” but there are plenty of times I like to just take some time off to look at pictures… of New Yorker folks, past and present. Take last night for instance (please!)…oops, sorry, and apologies to Henny Youngman*…. Anyway, last night I typed in James Thurber
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Ali Solomon’s New Book Congrats to Ali Solomon on the publication of her first book of cartoons, I Am “Why Do I Need Venmo” Years Old, co-created with her writer friend, Janine Annett. Ms. Solomon has been contributing to The New Yorker since 2018. Link to her website here, and see more about her new book, here. _________________________________________________________ Daily Cartoonists
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