A Gibson & A Steig New Year’s Cartoon From Attempted Bloggery, December 30, 2020,“Mary Gibson: New Year Spoilsport”— two New Year’s cartoons: Mary Gibson’s in The Saturday Evening Post (the clipping via Dick Buchanan’s Famous Files) in October of ’53, the other is William Steig’s New Yorker classic that appeared in December of ’55. Not a whole lot is known
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The Monday Tilley Watch Takes A Glancing Look At Some Of The Art & Artists Of The Latest Issue Of The New Yorker The Cover: a somewhat ominous fire in the hearth by David Hockney. It’s not the first time The New Yorker has brought in someone from the art with a capital “A” world for cover duty (Red Grooms
Read moreThis week’s cover by David Hockney, artiste! First order of business: for those hoping that Rea Irvin’s classic Talk Of The Town masthead would suddenly pop up for Spring: alas, such is not the case. Here’s what it looks like, lest we forget: And below is the barely one year old re-do. Irvin’s classic wins by a knock-out. Last week
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