If It’s Tuesday, “The Batch” Is In First, let’s define “batch.” A batch, in The New Yorker cartoonist world, is the group of drawings cartoonists send in for consideration by the magazine’s cartoon editor, Emma Allen.* A batch of drawings can be any number of drawings; the drawings can be finished or in rough form. If Ms. Allen finds something
Read more“CBS Mornings” Profiles New Yorker Cartoon Editor Emma Allen Emma Allen, who has been sitting in The New Yorker‘s Cartoon Editor’s chair since May of 2017 is profiled on today’s “CBS Mornings” (it’s archived here for those who missed it). A fun piece with a glimpse of the Art Meeting along with appearances by the magazine’s Editor, David Remnick, and
Read moreThe Monday Tilley Watch Takes A Glancing Look At Some Of The Art & Artists Of The Latest Issue Of The New Yorker The Cover: A costume(?) cover by Ed Steed. See the cover artist’s clay figurines that inspired the cover here. The Cartoonists: Fifteen cartoons, sixteen cartoonists (Ed Steed has the cover). No newbies, no duos (that we know
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Maybe this sounds funny coming from someone who spends a lot of time drawing “pictures” but there are plenty of times I like to just take some time off to look at pictures… of New Yorker folks, past and present. Take last night for instance (please!)…oops, sorry, and apologies to Henny Youngman*…. Anyway, last night I typed in James Thurber
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