“What Do You Think About This Caption?” There are enough Thurber books around to keep me re-reading til the lights go out. Harrison Kinney’s James Thurber: His Life and Times is just about at the top of my re-read list, although Burton Bernstein’s 1975 Thurber: a Biography is dearer to me. It was my first introduction to a Thurber biography,
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The Gray Lady Covers The New York Public Library New Yorker Centennial Exhibit From The New York Times, March 5, 2025, “A Weighty and Whimsical Century of The New Yorker’s Archives” In an (almost) otherwise fine article devoted to the New York Public Library exhibit “A Century Of The New Yorker” it amazes me (and saddens me) that the magazine’s
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“New Yorker Cartoonists In Conversation” Reminder! There’s a Society Of Illustrators Panel Discussion this Thursday March 6 at 6:30, withThe New Yorker Cartoon Editor, Emma Allen, cartoonists Asher Perlman and Zoe Si. Liza Donnelly is moderating. While you’re there, be sure to take in the terrif exhibit, “Drawn From The New Yorker: A Centennial Celebration” ____________________________________________________________ Seasons At The
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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: Fourteen cartoons, fifteen cartoonists (Barry Blitt has a Sketchpad). Two duos, that we know of, and one newbie: Gina Deluca who is the 2nd addition to the cartoonists colosseum this year and the 167th addition since
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