Barbara Smaller Guests On The Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast Barbara Smaller (lower right), who began contributing to The New Yorker in 1996, joins the Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast co-hosts Beth Lawler (upper left), Paul Nesja (upper right), and Nicole Chrolavicius. Listen here (it’s episode #129 for those keeping track). __________________________________________________________________________ Tilley Watch Online, October 16-20, 2023 An end of
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Roth Art On Updike’s Desk When I interviewed Arnold Roth in 2016, we spoke about the cover art he provided for John Updike’s Bech series. Last night I came across this 1983 TIME Magazine ad and was pleased to spot a stack of Arnie’s Bech Is Back art on Updike’s desk. On the top of the pile is what
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Michael Updike Looks For A Cartoon Michael Updike contacted the Spill recently in search of a multi-panel New Yorker drawing, published in the 1970s, similar to the one (shown below) his father, John Updike, did for The Harvard Lampoon in the early 1950s. After a thorough search through The New Yorker’s database the only drawing I found that came
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Tilley Watch Online, The Week Of September 11- 16, 2023 An end of the week listing of New Yorker artists whose work has appeared on newyorker.com features Daily Cartoon: Ellis Rosen, Colin Tom, Mick Stevens, Sarah Kempa. Daily Shouts: Jeremy Nguyen (with Caroline Cash), Mads Horwath (with Meghana Indurti and Sohrab Forouzesh), Teresa Burns Parkhurst. Barry Blitt’s Kvetchbook: “Mitch McConnell
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