It’s always surprising when an ancient New Yorker promotional book shows up online that I’ve never seen before. Such was the case when the below recently turned up on Ebay. Until last week I’d never heard of The Costume That Was A Sensation At Auteuil…But Was Never Seen On Fifth Avenue. An online search produced this Worldcat.org entry: And
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The Monday Tilley Watch Takes A Glancing Look At Some Of The Art & Artists Of The Latest Issue Of The New Yorker The Rea Irvin Talk Masthead Watch Ever since the tweakers-that-be at The New Yorker decided back in the Spring of 2017 to replace Rea Irvin’s above classic design with a redraw, I’ve included Mr. Irvin’s non-redrawn iconic
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Article Of Interest: Liza Donnelly From NBCnews.com, April 12, 2021, “How This Cartoonist Fought For Her Dream To Draw For The New Yorker — And Made It Happen” — this piece on Ms. Donnelly whose first New Yorker drawing appeared in 1982. An expanded edition of Funny Ladies, her must-have book covering the history of women cartoonists at The New
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A New Yorker Rarity Listed On Ebay I rarely mention the interesting New Yorker-centric things that turn up on Ebay, or other auction sites, but this particular book, What! No Pie Charts? deserves its moment in the Spill spotlight. As you see in the title page below, the text is by Corey Ford, the fellow who named Eustace Tilley. The
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