A New Yorker State Of Mind On The Issue Of November 2, 1935
Need some fun post-Thanksgiving, post- Black Friday reading? Look no further than this latest entry from A New Yorker State of Mind: Reading Every Issue Of The New Yorker Magazine.
— Cover by Constantin Alajalov
The Spill‘s Alajalov A-Z Entry:
Mr. Alajalov’s A-Z Entry:
Constantin Alajalov Born Constantin Aladjalov, 1900, Rostov-on-the-Don, Russia. Died Oct., 1987, Amenia, New York. New Yorker work: !926 -1960. Perhaps best known for his New Yorker covers (he also supplied cover art to other publications). Key collection: Conversation Pieces (The Studio Publications Inc., 1942) w/ commentary by Janet Flanner. Profile from The Saturday Evening Post.
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Rea Irvin’s The Smythes
A look at Rea Irvin’s 1930s era (non-New Yorker) comic.
Rea Irvin’s A-Z Entry:
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): 179. Number of cartoons contributed: 261.
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The Tilley Watch Online, November 24 -28, 2025
An end of the week listing of New Yorker artists whose work has appeared on newyorker.com features
Daily Cartoon: Sarah Kempa, David Sipress, Amy Hwang, Pia Guerra & Ian Boothby, Robert Leighton
Shouts & Murmurs: Max Wittert “The Newest States In The U.S.A.”
Barry Blitt’s Kvetchbook: “Deep Cleaning By The Deep State”
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