The Monday Tilley Watch takes a glancing look at the art and artists of the latest issue of The New Yorker
The Cover: lotsa bugs
The Cartoonists And Cartoons:
Twelve cartoons, thirteen cartoonists (Ed Steed has the cover). Two duos, that we know of (the Spill counts duos as one cartoonist). No newbies. The longest active cartoonist in the issue is Mike Twohy, whose first New Yorker cartoon appeared July 21, 1980.
The Caption Contest Cartoonists: Liza Donnelly, Sam Marlow, Kaamran Hafeez. See the Caption Contest Cartoons here.
See the cartoons from the issue here.
Rea Irvin Talk Watch:
In May of 2017, the Rea Irvin Talk design shown below was removed from its 92 year perch and replaced by — gasp! — a redraw. 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): 163. Number of cartoons contributed: 261.