The Monday Tilley Watch takes a glancing look at the art and artists of the latest issue of The New Yorker
The Cover: walkers
The Cartoonists And Cartoons:
As of 8:45 this morning, the October 2, 2023 magazine has not been posted online (it’s usually posted at 6 am), so I’m reluctantly relying on the “Cartoons From The Issue” slideshow. “Reluctantly” because it’s always preferable (to me) seeing the cartoons in their natural habitat — the pages of the print magazine, surrounded by text.
[Update: The latest issue was eventually posted online late Monday]
Here are this week’s cartoonists:
Ben Schwartz, Jose Arroyo, Ellis Rosen, Sarah Kempa, Kendra Allenby, Jeremy Nguyen, Roz Chast, Pia Guerra and Ian Boothby, Teresa Burns Parkhurst, Colin Tom, Emily Flake, Michael J. Johnson, Anjali Chandrashekar, Lars Kenseth, Seth Fleischman, Ed Steed
Sixteen cartoons, seventeen cartoonists (Barry Blitt, the cover artist, sometimes wears a cartoonist hat). One duo, that we know of (the Spill considers duos as one cartoonist). No newbies. The longest active contributing cartoonist in the issue is Roz Chast, whose first cartoon appeared in July of 1978.
The Latest Caption Contest Cartoonist: Dan Miseda
To see the Caption Contest cartoons go here.
The Rea Irvin Talk Watch:
Back in May 2017, the below Talk design by the great Rea Irvin was shown the door, and replaced by — gasp! — a redraw.The Spill continues to hope it will be returned. Read more here. 
Rea Irvin’s entry on the A-Z:
Rea Irvin (pictured above. Self portrait above from Meet the Artist)
Born, San Francisco, 1881; died in the Virgin Islands,1972. Irvin was the cover artist for the New Yorker’s first issue, February 21, 1925. He was the magazine’s first art and only art supervisor (some refer to him as its first art editor) holding the position from 1925 until 1939 when James Geraghty assumed the title of art editor. Irvin then became art director and remained in that position until William Shawn officially succeeded Harold Ross in early 1952. Irvin’s last original work for the magazine was the magazine’s cover of July 12, 1958. The February 21, 1925 Eustace Tilley cover had been reproduced every year on the magazine’s anniversary until 1994, when R. Crumb’s Tilley-inspired cover appeared. Tilley has since reappeared, with other artists substituting from time-to-time. Number of New Yorker covers (not including the repeat appearances of the first cover every anniversary up to 1991): 163. Number of cartoons contributed: 261.
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A Charles Addams Original, Before (Restoration) And After
Last week, Stephen Nadler, of Attempted Bloggery, told us about a recently auctioned Charles Addams original. Yesterday, he posted an update showing what the original looked like before being restored (and auctioned). Take a look!