Government Cheese’s Fake New Yorker Cover My New Yorker colleague (and wife), Liza Donnelly recently noticed a New Yorker magazine shown for a second (maybe a second-and-a-half) in the very first episode of the Apple TV series, “Government Cheese.” I took a screenshot of the moment the magazine appears, turned the image upside down, and sharpened it a little. It’s
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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 Ten cartoons, twelve cartoonists (Roland High did the Spots, and Lonnie Millsap supplied the Caption Contest drawing). No duos, that we know of. One newbie, Natalie Horberg, who is the 4th addition to the magazine’s
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Not too many weeks ago I mentioned here that a long lost video of my conversation with the late great New Yorker art/cartoon editor, and New Yorker cartoonist, Lee Lorenz had been discovered. I’ve finally managed, with help from a tech-savvy family member, to share it. The conversation, which took place June 21, 2014, was part of The Westport (Connecticut)
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A good number of original drawings from the Lee Lorenz estate are among the numerous offerings in the upcoming Swann Illustration auction. Mr. Lorenz was The New Yorker‘s art editor from 1973 – 1993, and cartoon editor from 1993 through 1997). Here are just a few of the offerings: A George Booth proposed cover from 1976… This drawing from Robert
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