The Monday Tilley Watch Takes A Glancing Look At The Art & Artists Of The Latest Issue Of The New Yorker
The Cover: Juneteenth
The Cartoonists & Cartoons:
Fourteen cartoons, fourteen cartoonists. Two duos that we know of (the Spill counts duos as one cartoonist). One newbie: Anjali Chandrashekar, who is the 14th new addition to the magazine’s cartoonist stable this year, and the 114th addition since May of 2017 when Emma Allen took the reins as cartoon editor. The longest active contributor in this issue is Roz Chast, whose first New Yorker cartoon appeared in July of 1978.
Seeing Ms. Chandrashekar’s drawing in the issue, I was curious how often Henri Matisse’s classic painting, Dance had been the inspiration for New Yorker cartoons. A couple came to mind immediately but I knew there were more than two, so it was off to the Cartoon Bank site. According to the CB, there have been at least 7 (the site is not all inclusive. In other words, every drawing that’s ever appeared in the magazine is not searchable).
The seven shown are by Paul Noth, Michael Crawford, Charles Barsotti (twice), David Sipress, J.A.K., and Farley Katz. You can see them here. (if that doesn’t work for you, go to the Cartoon Bank site and enter “Matisse” in the search box). I could’ve sworn that Liana Finck did one, but it doesn’t appear on the site…perhaps it was a non-New Yorker Instagram drawing(?).
Rea Irvin Talk Watch:
Rea Irvin‘s Talk design (above) is perfection…and yet… it was bounced in 2017 and replaced by a — gasp! — redraw. Read about it here.