The Monday Tilley Watch takes a glancing look at the art and artists of the latest issue of The New Yorker
The Cover: wafer cone
The Cartoonists And Cartoons:
Sixteen cartoons, seventeen cartoonists (Brendan Loper has a “Sketchpad”). One duo, that we know of. No newbies. As this is a double issue, we’ll have to wait until the next new issue, out July 15th, to explore the next batch of cartoons.
Nice to see a Sam Gross cartoon (Mr. Gross passed away last year).
The longest active cartoonist contributor in the issue is Roz Chast, whose first New Yorker drawing appeared in the issue of July 3, 1978.
This week’s (and next’s) cartoons.
The Cartoon Caption Contest Cartoonists: Drew Dernavich, Niall Maher, Liza Donnelly
This week’s (and next’s) contest.
The Rea Irvin Talk Watch:
A lot of things have held up just fine over the years. For instance, who among us looks at the Empire State Building, and thinks, Hmmm, that’s so dated, maybe we should knock it down and replace it with something that says “now.” Rea Irvin’s Talk design, shown above, held up just fine for 92 years, until the Spring of 2017, when someone (I’m not going to name any names) decided, in effect, Hmmm, that’s so dated, maybe we should remove it and replace it with something that says “now.” Had the replacement somehow miraculously been a vast improvement over Mr. Irvin’s work, there’d be not a peep from this corner. But improving on something perfect is a tricky thing. The replacement is, alas, not a miraculously vast improvement over Mr. Irvin’s work. It is simply a constant reminder that something perfect and more original, once occupied the spot.