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:
Fourteen cartoons, fifteen cartoonists (Colin Tom has a “Sketchpad”). One duo, that we know of (the Spill counts duos as one cartoonist). No newbies.The longest active cartoonist contributor in this issue is Roz Chast, whose first New Yorker drawing appeared in July of 1978.
The Latest Cartoon Caption Contest Cartoonist: Lonnie Millsap
The Rea Irvin Talk Watch:
I n May of 2017 the above perfection by Rea Irvin* was dropped and replaced — no joke! — by a contemporary illustrator’s redrawn version. The Spill, still in a state of disbelief, continues to hope Mr. Irvin’s design will return. Read more here.
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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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SPX 2024
The Small Press Expo is back this month. Several New Yorker folks will appear, including Lonnie Millsap, Emma Hunsinger, Peter Kuper, Ngozi Ukazu, and Sara Lautman.