The Monday Tilley Watch takes a glancing look at the art and artists of the latest issue of The New Yorker
The Cover: it’s titled, “Office and Shopping Mall, 2005-2021”
The Cartoonists and Cartoons:
Fifteen cartoons, fifteen cartoonists. No duos, that we know of. No newbies. The longest active contributor in this issue is Victoria Roberts, who began contributing to The New Yorker in 1988.
See This Week’s Cartoons Here.
The Caption Contest Cartoonists: Frank Cotham, Mick Stevens, Tom Toro.
See The Cartoon Caption Contest Here.
The Rea Irvin Talk Watch:
Back in May of 2017, Rea Irvin’s 92 year old terrif design (above) was shown the door and replaced by — gasp! — a redrawn version. The Spill continues to hope to see Mr. Irvin’s design returned home.
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.