The Monday Tilley Watch is a meandering take on the cartoons in the current issue of The New Yorker. Are these the dog days of summer? According to Wikipedia, Sweden’s dog days are bracketed by the dates July 22nd through August 23rd. That seems reasonable for the United States as well. My
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Flake’s “Mama Tried” on IFC’s 2018 Slate of Projects; Books of Interest: Seth, Ben Katchor; Advertising Work by New Yorker Cartoonists, Part 7: Charles Saxon
Flake’s “Mama Tried” on IFC ‘s 2018 Slate of Projects From Deadline Hollywood, July 29, 2017, “IFC Sets 2018 Slate…” — in a list of projects following this sentence: IFC has given episodic script orders to the following projects: is: Mama Tried A show about the seamy underbelly of new motherhood, Mama Triedfollows the struggles (and occasional triumphs) of Liz Callahan
Read moreInterview of Interest: Bob Eckstein; Christopher Weyant Now Weekly in The Boston Globe; Advertising Work by New Yorker Cartoonists, Part 6: Whitney Darrow, Jr..
Interview of Interest: Bob Eckstein A fun travel-related interview with New Yorker cartoonist, and World’s Leading Snowman Expert, Bob Eckstein. His latest book is the NYTs Bestseller, Footnotes From the World’s Greatest Bookstores __________________________________________________________________ Christopher Weyant Now Weekly in The Boston Globe Congratulations to Chistopher Weyant who now has a weekly editorial cartoon in The Boston
Read moreFave Photo of the Day: George Booth at His Desk; The Latest New Yorker Cartoons Rated; BEK Talks about Summertime Television; Ellis Rosen, Emma Allen, and Colin Stokes On a Bench; Advertising Work by New Yorker Cartoonists, Part 5: Helen Hokinson
Fave Photo of the Day: George Booth Sarah Booth recently took this photo of her father, the one-and-only George Booth. My thanks to Sarah for permission to post here. Below left: a “Booth Dog” Here’s Mr. Booth’s entry on the Spill’s A-Z : George Booth (photo above taken in NYC 2016, courtesy of Liza Donnelly) Born June 28, 1926, Cainesville,
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