High Bar: The New Yorker’s 1979 Anniversary Issue On a recent podcast, I mentioned my tendency to avoid using “best” — you know: best cartoonist, best cartoon, best cover, best pizza, etc., etc.. (I also avoid using “worst”). With that in mind, I won’t go as far as saying the 1979 anniversary issue of The New Yorker is the best
Read moreNow That’s A Cover! The late Barney Tobey’s work was highly visible in The New Yorker, contributing 1,040 cartoons over his 57 years at the magazine. But like so many of the magazine’s regulars, pre-Tina Brown, he also contributed covers — four to be exact. Below is his third. Barney Tobey’s A-Z: Barney Tobey (photo above from Think Small, a
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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 Cover: What, no cat in the window, ala Sempe? The Cartoonists and Cartoons: Thirteen cartoons, thirteen cartoonists. One duo, that we know of (the Spill counts duos as one cartoonist). One newbie: Tom Reese, who is the
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Here’s a link to the MoCCA Arts Fest 2022 website for even more info. Roz Chast began contributing to The New Yorker in 1978, Liza Donnelly in 1979, Maggie Larson in 2017, Barbara Smaller in 1996, and Bishakh Som in 2018. ____________________________________________________ 70 Years Ago In The New
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