Attempted Bloggery On An Interesting Auctioned New Yorker Cover Submission
A Spill fave blog, Attempted Bloggery comes up with a very interesting cover submission (shown here) by an artist unfamiliar to me (I’m better at recalling cartoonists who are/were also cover artists than cover artists who aren’t/weren’t cartoonists). According to AB, Madeline S. Pereny sold three covers to The New Yorker, all published in the early 1930s.
Go here to read all about this cover and much more about the cover artist, Madeline S. Pereny.
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A Photo From Hilary Campbell’s Opening
Hilary Campbell posted the above photo on Substack from her exhibit opening last Thursday. So good to see folks enjoying seeing cartoons up on a gallery wall.
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A Still Boxed Paperweight
I’m not big on “product” but when this Eustace Tilley paperweight came out (when I can’t remember…the 1990s?) I couldn’t resist. It’s remained on my desk ever since it arrived here at Spill headquarters, put into service holding down unfinished pages of drawings.
Also arriving somewhere in that timeframe was R.O. Blechman’s 1996 anniversary cover, titled “Eustacia Tilley” (the issue itself was billed as “Special Women’s Issue”).
For some reason I never took the Eustacia paperweight out of its box (I do that sometimes — I still haven’t taken my vinyl copy of The Beatles 1994 release, “Live At The BBC” out of its shrink wrap).
As much as I like Mr. Blechman’s Tilley take-off, I still find Rea Irvin’s Eustace hard to beat — that’s probably because it is hard to beat. Every year at this time, the nail biting begins wondering if Eustace will return for the anniversary issue in February. His last appearance was — gasp! — on the February 14, 2011 issue. Alas, a little birdie has told me to forget about biting my nails: more than likely we’ll not see classic Tilley this year.
My argument for the return of Mr. Irvin’s classic cover is much like my argument for the return of Mr. Irvin’s classic Talk design. Sometimes there actually is a perfect thing in this world. Why not celebrate it when you can.