Here’s To Rea Irvin! Above: various objets d ‘Eustace Tilly I threw together this morning, perhaps feeling a bit sentimental as 2025 draws to a close, and with it, much of the hoopla associated with The New Yorker’s 100 anniversary (technically, I suppose, the confetti isn’t swept up til February of 2026). Rea Irvin, who created the fellow we’ve come
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Here’s a Helen Hokinson original drawing we’ve had in the Spill archives for a while. Because of the Christmas tree theme it tends to get more attention around here at holiday time (meaning it’s hung on a wall). As you can see, the piece is in rough shape — I’m glad it survived whatever it went through. The drawing is
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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 It’s the “Cartoons & Puzzles” special issue. There are eleven single panel cartoons by eleven cartoonists. No newbies, and one duo, that we know of (the Spill considers duos as one cartoonist). This week’s cartoons (in
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Emma Allen On Otto Soglow’s “Spot” Drawings From The New Yorker, December 22, 2025, “Emma Allen On Otto Soglow’s Spot Art” Ms. Allen has been the magazine’s cartoon editor since May of 2017. ____________________ Otto Soglow’s A-Z Entry: Otto Soglow Born, Yorkville, NY, December 23, 1900. Died in NYC, April 1975. New Yorker work: 1925 -1974.Key collections: Pretty
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