The Monday Tilley Watch Takes A Glancing Look At The Art & Artists In The Latest Issue Of The New Yorker
The Cover: politics.
The Cartoonists… And An Anniversary:
Sixteen cartoons, seventeen cartoonists (Liana Finck has a “Sketchbook”). No newbies, no duos (that we know of).
One of the sixteen drawings is from the great Sam Gross. Mr. Gross’s very first New Yorker cartoon appeared fifty-two years ago, in The New Yorker issue of August 23, 1969:
Congratulations to Mr. Gross on more than a half century of contributing to the magazine!
Here’s his entry on the Spill’s A-Z, followed by a look at some Gross cartoon collections from his ongoing remarkable career:
Sam Gross Born 1933, Bronx, NY. New Yorker work: August 23, 1969 -. Other than his work in The New Yorker 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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The Rea Irvin Talk Masthead Watch:
Above is the Classic Coke of Mastheads, taken down in the Spring of 2017 and replaced by — gasp! — New Coke.