The Monday Tilley Watch takes a glancing look at the art and artists of the latest issue of The New Yorker
The Cover: leafy.
Here’s what The New Yorker‘s very first August 15th issue looked like (the artist: H.O. Hofman):
The Cartoonists & Cartoons:
Eighteen cartoons, eighteen cartoonists. No duos (that we know of), and no newbies. The longest active contributor in the issue is Roz Chast, whose first New Yorker drawing appeared in July of 1978.
The Rea Irvin Talk Watch:
Why the Rea Irvin Talk Watch you might ask (if you’re new to this site)…
The short of it is that there was a switcheroo back in May of 2017 when Rea Irvin’s classic design (shown below) was replaced by — gasp! — a redrawn version. The Spill continues to hope that the 92 year old design is returned.
