Tom Chitty Tells the Spill Why “7” and Not “6” In this past Monday Tilley Watch, I wrote the following about the Tom Chitty drawing above: Mr. Chitty went at this head-on which almost (almost) makes the fellows in the line-up look like they in a painting or photo on the wall. Maybe they are, but I don’t think
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The Monday Tilley Watch: The New Yorker Issue of November 20, 2017
The Monday Tilley Watch is a meandering take on the cartoons in the current issue of The New Yorker. Wow, three weeks in row without a political cover. This latest cover, of two children chalking out a hopscotch pattern on the ground, has a title, as have all covers since Tina Brown instituted the practice. I’ve always wondered why it’s
Read moreThe Monday Tilley Watch: The New Yorker Issue of November 6, 2017
The Monday Tilley Watch is a meandering take on the cartoons in the current issue of The New Yorker. I think it’s safe to say we have in our hands this week the New Yorker’s official Fall issue what with John Cuneo‘s beautiful giant leaf descending cover. For a change, I looked through this week’s issue (the digital issue, of
Read moreThe Monday Tilley Watch: The New Yorker Issue of October 23, 2017
The Monday Tilley Watch is a meandering take on the cartoons in the current issue of The New Yorker. This week’s cover (by R. Kikuo Johnson, who we learn from the Contributors page teaches cartooning at the Rhode Island School of Design) is of robots on their way to wherever robots go to. One has an on-the-go cup of coffee(?)
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