“The Sistine Chapel of Comic-Strip Art” From the New York Times, May 11, 2018, “The Sistine Chapel of Comic-Strip Art” — this piece on a mural of various cartoon characters in a sports bar (James Thurber is mentioned here and there as the sports bar’s lineage includes Costello’s, where Thurber famously drew a mural in the mid 1930s. That mural,
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Cartoon Companion Rates the Latest New Yorker Drawings
“Max” & “Simon” dive into (and rate from 1-6) the cartoons appearing in the latest issue of The New Yorker (the issue of May 7th, 2018). The guys hand out a rare “6” to one cartoon in particular. Read it all here!
Read moreCartoon Companion Rates the Latest New Yorker Drawings
“Max” and “Simon” are back with a close look at ( and ratings for) the cartoons in the latest issue of The New Yorker — the issue of April 30, 2018. Regular visitors to the CC may have noticed the arrival of a bonus feature: a photo and micro-bio of the cartoonist awarded the “Top Toon” blue ribbon. See the
Read moreThe Monday Tilley Watch: The New Yorker Issue of April 30, 2018
Baseball in the air, on the field and on the cover of the latest issue of The New Yorker (actually, stickball’s on the cover, which appears, to me anyway, as if it’s a page out of an illustrated book). Fewer illustrations/photos this week than last, but still, there are three full pages (including a full page photo of Hitler), and
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