The Monday Tilley Watch takes a glancing look at the art and artists of the latest issue of The New Yorker The Cover: For yet another “Archival Issue” (“Comedy” is the theme) the magazine is re-running a classic Charles Addams cover that originally appeared February 2, 1963. The Cartoonists and Cartoons: Nine (new) cartoons, ten cartoonists (Mr. Addams has the cover).
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Friday Spill: 50 Years Ago In The New Yorker
50 Years Ago In The New Yorker After deciding I’d like to see what was happening, cartoon-wise in The New Yorker 50 years ago, I stepped into the magazine’s time machine (otherwise known as its archive), and was pleased to see this
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Tuesday Spill: First And Last New Yorker Drawing… John Corcoran
First & Last New Yorker Drawing: John Corcoran A decade ago, when I interviewed Lee Lorenz (The New Yorker‘s former Art/Cartoon editor), one of the new-to-me pieces of information I heard was that The New Yorker cartoonist John Corcoran had been supplying a good number of
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Weekend Spill: The Tilley Watch Online, June 17-21, 2024; Some Swann Auction Results
The Tilley Watch Online, June 17-21, 2024 An end of the week listing of New Yorker artists whose work has appeared on newyorker.com features The Daily Cartoon: Adam Douglas Thompson (twice), Brendan Loper, Liam Walsh, Mort Gerberg, Ali Solomon. Shouts & Murmurs: Dahlia Gallin Ramirez… “Self-Help Books From Ancient Times” Barry Blitt’s Kvetchbook: “Send In The Clowns” ____________________________________________________________________________ Some
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