Friday Spill: Rich Sparks Guests On The Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast; Lots Of Olddens On Attempted Bloggery; “A New Yorker State Of Mind” Looks at The New Yorker’s Issue Of May 5, 1934

Rich Sparks Guests On The Caption Contest Podcast –Screen grab, clockwise from top left: Beth Lawler, Paul Nesja, Vin Coca, and Rich Sparks.  Rich Sparks is this week’s guest on the always entertaining Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast. In this episode the “Ten A Week” faux commandment comes up yet again!  Listen to the Rich Sparks episode here.  Mr. Sparks began

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Weekend: The Tilley Watch Online, January 9-13, 2023; Cover Reveal: Chast’s “I Must Be Dreaming”; Weekend Reading…A New Yorker State Of Mind

The Tilley Watch Online, January 9-13, 2023 An end of the week listing of New Yorker artists whose work has appeared on newyorker.com features The Daily Cartoon: David Sipress, Becky Barnicoat, Sarah Kempa, J.A.K., Paul Noth.  Daily Shouts: Adam Douglas Thompson, Will McPhail (and Monica Heisey). Barry Blitt’s Kvetchbook: “Keeping George Santos Honest” ___________________________________________________________   Cover Reveal: Roz Chast’s October

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Monday Tilley Watch…The New Yorker (Double) Issue Of January 2 & 9, 2023; Good Boxing Day Reading From “A New Yorker State Of Mind”

The Monday Tilley Watch takes a glancing look at the art and artists of the latest issue of The New Yorker  The Cover: Pigeons  The Cartoonists & Cartoons: Twelve cartoons, twelve cartoonists. No duos (that we know of). No newbies.The longest active contributor in this issue is Mort Gerberg, whose first New Yorker cartoon was published in the issue of April

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