The Monday Tilley Watch takes a glancing look at the art and artists of the latest issue of The New Yorker
The Cover: Pigeons
The Cartoonists & Cartoons:
Twelve cartoons, twelve cartoonists. No duos (that we know of). No newbies.The longest active contributor in this issue is Mort Gerberg, whose first New Yorker cartoon was published in the issue of April 10, 1965. (read the Ink Spill Mort Gerberg interview here). The Caption Contest Cartoonists: J.C. Duffy, Liam Walsh, Lonnie Millsap.
The Rea Irvin Talk Watch: Back in May of 2017 Rea Irvin’s Talk design, shown below, disappeared from the magazine only to be replaced by — gasp! — a redraw. The Spill continues to hope –and will continue to continue to hope — that Mr. Irvin’s drawing returns.
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Good Boxing Day Reading:
From a Spill fave site, A New Yorker State Of Mind: Reading Every Issue Of The New Yorker Magazine — this deep dive into the issue of December 23, 1933.
(the cover is by the great Helen Hokinson).