Friday Spill: Early Cover Release, New Yorker Issue Of January 19, 2026; Personal History…First Job, First Brush With A Publishing Company

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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Saturday Spill: Fave Photo Of The Week…West Coasters Panel; The Tilley Watch Online, December 8-12, 2025; A New Yorker State Of Mind On The Issue Of Nov. 30, 1935

Fave Photo Of The Week: “West Coasters” Panel East Coaster New Yorker cartoonist, Robert Leighton, visiting out on the West Coast, attended last night’s West Coaster panel discussion at San Francisco’s Cartoon Art Museum, took the photo below, and was kind enough to send it along to the Spill. (Thank you, Robert!). Pictured l-r, Cartoon Art Museum curator, Andrew Farago,

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Saturday Spill: A New Yorker State Of Mind On The Issue Of November 2, 1935; Rea Irvin’s “The Smythes”; The Tilley Watch Online, November 24-28, 2025

A New Yorker State Of Mind On The Issue Of November 2, 1935 Need some fun post-Thanksgiving, post- Black Friday reading? Look no further than this latest entry from A New Yorker State of Mind: Reading Every Issue Of The New Yorker Magazine.  — Cover by Constantin Alajalov The Spill‘s Alajalov A-Z Entry:           Mr. Alajalov’s

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Saturday Spill: The Tilley Watch Online, November 17 – 21, 2025; More On That Auctioned Arno; Extended Trailer For “The New Yorker At 100”

The Tilley Watch Online, November 17 -21, 2025   An end of the week listing of New Yorker artists whose work has appeared on newyorker.com features The Daily Cartoon: Brendan Loper, Tom Reese, Will McPhail, Jon Adams, Ali Solomon. See them here in a slide show. Barry Blitt’s Kvetchbook: “The Trump Administration Gives America The Bird” ____________________________________________________________________________ More On That

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