Hooray for Hollywood? This week’s cover (artist: Chris Ware) reminds us — not that we need reminding –that Tinsel Town is a troubled town. Shout out to the Cartier folks for the pretty street lamp that greets you as you open the magazine. Nice also to see the photo of David Bowie (however much I disagree with this current usage
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Tilley Watch Online; Blog of Interest: A New Yorker State of Mind; Even More Hoff on Attempted Bloggery; Cartoon Cliches (3 parts)
Not so unusual: mostly a Trump week on the Daily, which leads me to note this online query that popped up recently. Four out of five of the week’s Daily cartoons feature Mr. Trump, while the fifth is inseparable from him. The Daily cartoonists this week: David Sipress, Brendan Loper, Lars Kenseth, Ellis Rosen, and Peter Kuper. All of these
Read moreThe Monday Tilley Watch: The New Yorker Issue of October 2, 2017
The Monday Tilley Watch is a meandering take on the cartoons in the current issue of The New Yorker. October already? Well yes — that’s the way it is on magazine covers. Always one week ahead of reality (or if it’s a monthly, one month ahead of reality). The cover of this weeks issue, graphically speaking, reminded me of Gretchen
Read moreLatest New Yorker Cartoons Dissected on Cartoon Companion; Chast’s New Book Reviewed; Exhibit of Interest: “Unnatural Election”; Conversation of Interest: Art Young Authors Discuss the Artist; Event of Interest: Julia Wertz in Brooklyn
Latest New Yorker Cartoons Dissected On Cartoon Companion The Cartoon Companion is back with a look at the cartoons in the latest issue of The New Yorker. The CC’s “Max” and “Simon” inspect cartoons by Joe Dator, J.A.K., BEK, Barbara Smaller, and Paul Noth, among others. While on the site be sure to read part 2 of their interview with
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