An Abe Birnbaum Children’s Book I was browsing Ebay this morning when the below caught my eye: a 72 year old children’s book by one of my all-time favorite New Yorker cover artists, Abe Birnbaum. I’d never heard of it, never seen the cover before. Here are a few pages from the book. I just love Birnbaum’s style — the
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The Tilley Watch Online, December 15-19, 2025 An end of the week listing of New Yorker artists whose work has appeared on newyorker.com features Daily Cartoon: Anjali Chandrashekar, Liana Finck, Habiba Nabisubi, Brendan Loper, Dan Misdea See them here. Sketchbook: “The Disruptors Behind Radiohead’s Art” by Zoe Si _________________________________________________________________ An Online Post & Photo Of Interest As part of
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First & Last: Henry Anton Steig It’s probably no secret that Henry Anton Steig, who signed his drawings “Henry Anton,” was William Steig’s brother. Henry’s cartoon contributions to The New Yorker were, in number, the polar opposite of William’s: 19, compared to William’s nearly 2000. William Steig said this about his brother (the following from Lee Lorenz’s terrif The World
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Thurber’s “Best” New Yorker Year (For Drawings) Looking through the database that was the meat of 2005’s The Complete New Yorker, I never fail to find something of interest: something I hadn’t seen before, or something that leads me to something I never thought of before. I’ve known for quite some time that James Thurber’s best years contributing drawings to
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