The Tilley Watch Online, January 5-9, 2026 An end of the week listing of New Yorker artists whose work has appeared on newyorker.com features Daily Cartoon: Ali Solomon, Lynn Hsu, Teresa Burns Parkhurst, Liz Montague, Ivan Ehlers. See them here. _____________________________________________________________ A Puzzler Added to The Spill Library The New Yorker At 100: Unpacking The Voices Behind A Hundred Years
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Early Cover Release, The New Yorker Issue Of January 19, 2026 As happens from time-to-time, The New Yorker early releases its cover image days before the usual Monday morning publication. This latest cover is by Barry Blitt. As suggested some time ago here, perhaps the magazine should consider running an online daily cover along with a weekly cover for the
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Latest Addition To The Spill Archive…The Skull As noted in a previous post, Thurber’s first collection of drawings, 1932’s The Seal In The Bedroom and Other Predicaments included a series of 35 drawings, “The Race of Life.” Drawing #24 in the series, The Skull, has now been added to the Spill‘s Thurber collection. To see three more Race of
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First and Last…Nora Benjamin Another in a Spill continuing series looking at a contributor’s very first New Yorker drawing and very last. Today we take a look at Nora Benjamin’s First and Last. Here’s her Spill A-Z: Born, New York City, January 4, 1899. Died, Connecticut, September 8, 1988. New Yorker work: Five drawings between May 12, 1928 – April
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