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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:
Twenty cartoons, twenty cartoonists. No newbies. No duos, that we know of. The longest active contributing artist in this issue is Edward Frascino, whose first New Yorker drawing appeared in the issue of September 4, 1965. Here’s Mr. Frascino’s A-Z entry;
Edward Frascino Born, Bronx, NY. (“near the zoo”). New Yorker work: September 4, 1965 – . Collection: Avocado Is Not Your Color and Other Scenes of Married Bliss ( Penguin Books, 1983),. Read Ink Spill’s 2020 interview with Ed Frascino here.
This week’s Cartoon Caption Contest Cartoonist: Niall Maher
The Rea Irvin Talk Watch:
Back in the Spring of 2017, the above perfect Talk design by Rea Irvin was ditched and replaced by a redrawn version (!) executed by a contemporary illustrator. The Spill continues to hope that the redraw is ditched and that Mr. Irvin’s classic work returns. Read more.
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): 163. Number of cartoons contributed: 261.
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Note: The group photo of New Yorker cartoonists shown at the very top of today’s post was taken by Attempted Bloggery‘s Stephen Nadler at the recent opening for “Drawn From The New Yorker: A Centennial Celebration” at The Society of Illustrators. You’ll see it posted in that Monday Spill spot from time-to-time during the magazine’s 100th anniversary year. For more photos from the opening go here.