The Monday Tilley Watch takes a glancing look at the art and artists of the latest issue of The New Yorker The Cover: kitty cat The Cartoonists And Cartoons: Seventeen cartoons, eighteen cartoonists (Roz Chast has a “Sketchbook”) in this themed “Innovation & Tech” issue. Two duos, that we know of (the Spill counts duos as one cartoonist). One newbie: Sarah
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The Tilley Watch Online, The Week Of April 8-12, 2024 An end of the week listing of New Yorker artists whose work has appeared on newyorker.com features The Daily Cartoon: Dan Misdea, Nathan Cooper, Sarah Kempa, Olivia de Recat and Nathan Odenkirk, J.A.K.. Sketchbook: Anjali Chandrashekar, “Overheard In New York: Waiting For the Eclipse At The Brooklyn Botanic Garden” Gallery:
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Tom Bachtell Is The Latest CCCP Guest The spotlight this week is on Tom Bachtell, who provided illustrations for The New Yorker‘s The Talk Of The Town for twenty-three years. Above: Mr. Bachtell is on the lower left; clockwise from top left: the CCCP’s co-hosts, Beth Lawler, Paul Nesja, and Nicole Chrolavicius. Listen to the episode here (it’s #151 for
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Looking through very old newspaper articles yesterday I came upon an ad for Thurber’s Dogs, a 1955 collection of Thurber dog-centric writings and drawings (the first edition is shown above). I love the simplicity of this ad: Here are some other editions through the years: Speaking of Thurber dogs, I was going through a box of New Yorkers the other
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