Article Of Interest: Liza Donnelly From NBCnews.com, April 12, 2021, “How This Cartoonist Fought For Her Dream To Draw For The New Yorker — And Made It Happen” — this piece on Ms. Donnelly whose first New Yorker drawing appeared in 1982. An expanded edition of Funny Ladies, her must-have book covering the history of women cartoonists at The New
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The Monday Tilley Watch Takes A Glancing Look At Some Of The Art & Artists Of The Latest Issue Of The New Yorker The Cover: Kids in Summer clothing at play on what looks like stryofoam snow among barren trees under pink clouds — or are they pink blossoms? (yes, they are blossoms, according to the title given to the
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A New Yorker Rarity Listed On Ebay I rarely mention the interesting New Yorker-centric things that turn up on Ebay, or other auction sites, but this particular book, What! No Pie Charts? deserves its moment in the Spill spotlight. As you see in the title page below, the text is by Corey Ford, the fellow who named Eustace Tilley. The
Read moreCover Revealed: From the fab cartoonist, Joe Dator, who began contributing to The New Yorker in 2006, a cartoon collection (and more) from Turner, due out this November. From the publisher: Inked is more than a book of cartoons. Dator also dives into the creative process, offering bonus commentary on how ideas have come to fruition, how one idea has
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From a great little catalog for a 1943 exhibit, “Meet The Artist,” at San Francisco’s M.H. de Young Memorial Museum, here’s a Thurber self portrait and bio, with the intriguing first sentence: “My life story is simple.” The exhibit also included the following New Yorker artists: Alajalov, Whitney Darrow, Jr., Richard Decker, Alan Dunn, William Gropper, Rea Irvin, Roberta Macdonald,
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