A New Yorker State Of Mind Looks At The Eleventh Anniversary Issue (February 22, 1936). Of note: special attention is paid to the magazine’s first food critic, Sheila Hibben. Read it here! –Cover by Rea Irvin (of course!). ____________________________________________________________________ The Tilley Watch Online, February 23-27, 2026 An end of the week listing of New Yorker artists whose work has appeared
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__________________________________________________ Map Of Interest: John Held Jr.’s New York Night Clubs This Spill fave site, Attempted Bloggery, looks at a 1930s map of Manhattan’s night clubs by the one-and-only John Held, Jr. See the full map here ___________________ John Held Jr.’s A-Z Entry John Held Jr (Photo source: Sketchbook of American Humorists, 1938) Born, January 10, 1889,
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A New Yorker State Of Mind: Reading Every Issue Of The New Yorker Magazine Dives Deep Into The Issue of February 8, 1936 You won’t be disappointed by this latest New Yorker State of Mind post. As usual, David O does a terrific job of covering and expanding on the contents (not just the cartoons, but the editorial mix,
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Event Of Interest: Lia Strasser & Bizzy Coy This duo began contributing to The New Yorker in May of 2024 _____________________________________________________________ A New Yorker State Of Mind Looks At The Issue Of February 1, 1936 A New Yorker State Of Mind: Reading Every Issue Of The New Yorker Magazine takes its patented close-look at a long ago issue. This week
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