“The Best Thing The New Yorker Has Ever Done…” I recently dipped into the big box (shown here) here at the Spill that holds numerous Thurber files donated to the Spill library by Michael Rosen, the fellow behind so many Thurber-centric books, including A Mile And A Half Of Lines: The Art Of James Thurber, Collecting Himself: James Thurber On
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50 Years Ago This Week In The New Yorker It’s always fun time traveling through The New Yorker‘s archives. This morning I took a look at the issue of April 28, 1975. The truly wonderful cover is by the late great
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Event Of Interest: Harry Bliss In Conversation With Emma Allen Harry Bliss began contributing to The New Yorker in January of 1998. Emma Allen is The New Yorker‘s cartoon editor. Related: From Literary Hub, April 28, 2025, “A New York Moment: Harry Bliss On His Close encounters With Sy Hersh” _____________________________________________________________ Cover Artist Eric Drooker Event More information here. Eric
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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 Cartoonists and Cartoons Twelve cartoons, fourteen cartoonists (Ivan Ehlers has a Sketchpad and Barry Blitt has the cover). Two duos, that we know of. No newbies. The longest active contributing cartoonist in this issue is Mick Stevens, whose
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