The Monday Tilley Watch takes a glancing look at the art and artists of the latest issue of The New Yorker
The Cover: big tree, little tree.
The Cartoonists & Cartoons:
Thirteen cartoons, thirteen cartoonists. One duo, that we know of (the Spill counts duos as one cartoonist). No newbies.The longest active contributor in the issue is Roz Chast, whose first New Yorker cartoon appeared in July of 1978.
See all of this week’s cartoons here.
The Cartoon Caption Contest Cartoonists: Liam Walsh, Lonnie Millsap. Lars Kenseth.
The Rea Irvin Talk Watch:
Back in May of 2017, The New Yorker surprised us by ejecting the Talk Of The Town Rea Irvin design shown directly above. It had sat gracefully and perfectly in that place of honor for 92 years. It was replaced by — gasp! — a redraw. The Spill continues to hope the original returns. Read more here.