In One Issue Paging through a long ago issue of The New Yorker — the issue of January 21, 1956 to be exact — I was struck by the number of ads using the work of New Yorker cartoonists. There’s Peter Arno for The Pajama Game (the drawing appeared on the cover of Playbill and on the soundtrack album), and
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_______________________________________________________________________________ The Spill introduces a new column today, The Auction Watch. I spend a lot of time window shopping on ebay, looking for New Yorker things I’ve never seen before. When I run across something out of the norm, I’ll mention it here. The Auction Watch will in no way step on Attempted Bloggery‘s toes. That’s the place to go
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The Monday Tilley Watch Takes A Glancing Look At The Art & Artists Of The Latest Issue Of The New Yorker The Cover: MLK The Cartoonists & Cartoons: Fourteen cartoons, fourteen cartoonists. No duos (that we know of). One newbie: Dahlia Gallin Ramirez, who is the third addition to the magazine’s cartoonist stable this year and the one
Read moreThe Tilley Watch Online, The Week Of January 3-7, 2022 An end of the week listing of New Yorker artists who contributed to newyorker.com features The Daily Cartoon: Ali Solomon, J.A.K., Evan Lian, Jeremy Nguyen, Bob Eckstein. Daily Shouts Cartoonists: Liana Finck, J.A.K.. …and Barry Blitt’s Kvetchbook ______________________________________________________________________ A Few Thoughts On Peter Arno, Born 118 Years Ago
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