The Monday Tilley Watch takes a glancing look at the art and artists of the latest issue of The New Yorker
The Cartoonists and Cartoons
It’s the “Cartoons & Puzzles” special issue. There are eleven single panel cartoons by eleven cartoonists. No newbies, and one duo, that we know of (the Spill considers duos as one cartoonist).
This week’s cartoons (in a slideshow).
The meat of the cartoonist contributions (space-wise) in this special issue are the non-single panel graphic pieces included under the heading “Comic Strips.” The longest active contributing cartoonist in the issue is Roz Chast, who began contributing in July of 1978.
Links to the Comic Strips:
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A Century Of New Yorker Cartoons…Highlights
Posted today: a gathering of the decade-by-decade New Yorker cartoon highlights. Go here.
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The Rea Irvin Talk Watch
Way back in 2017, Rea Irvin’s classic Talk design (shown here) was carted away, after 92 years, and replaced by — if you can believe it! — a redrawn version by a contemporary illustrator. The Spill continues to hope Mr. Irvin’s work returns. Read more here.
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.