Sam Gross, Mort Gerberg, and Edward Koren. NYC, Spring, 2017. The Ink Spill Interview: Mort Gerberg This week marks the 56th anniversary of the publication of the first cartoon Mort Gerberg sold to The New Yorker. The cartoon was
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Monday Tilley Watch, The New Yorker Issue Of August 23, 2021
The Monday Tilley Watch Takes A Glancing Look At The Art & Artists Of The Latest Issue Of The New Yorker The Cover: a mid-August moment from Gayle Kabaker The Cartoonists: Eighteen cartoons, eighteen cartoonists (the Spill counts duos as one cartoonist. There are two duos in this issue…that we know of). No newbies. The Cartoons: Jason Katzenstein’s snail drawing
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Monday Tilley Watch: 48 Years Ago This Week In The New Yorker: Searle, Stevenson, Modell, Michaud, Weber, Harris, Fradon, Frascino
48 Years Ago This Week In The New Yorker This being the second week of a double issue week, there’s no new magazine art to study this rainy morn. As regular visitors to the Spill know, I occasionally do some time-traveling on these off-weeks, and look at an issue (usually selected at random) from the past. I wanted some small
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The Monday Spill: Thoughts On A 50 Year Old Issue Of The New Yorker
Thoughts On A 50 Year Old Issue Of The New Yorker It being the second half of a double issue week, the Monday Tilley Watch will return next Monday. In its place I’ve decided to time travel 50 years in the past for a look thru The New Yorker issue of May 1, 1971. The cover is by the late
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