Wednesday Spill: Early Release…The New Yorker’s Zohran Mamdani Cover; Tom Toro Is Busy

Early Release…The New Yorker Mamdani Cover Every so often The New Yorker early releases its upcoming cover. This latest release, posted within hours after Zohran Mamdani was declared the winner of New York City’s mayoral race, comes just one day after the magazine’s November 10th cover was published; it’s possibly (probably!) The New Yorker‘s earliest early release cover. — Artist:

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The Monday Tilley Watch: The New Yorker Issue Of January 18, 2021; A Passing Note: Ved Mehta; Today’s Daily Cartoonist & Cartoon; Interview Of Interest; Liza Donnelly; Article of Interest: James Stevenson Exhibit At The Bruce Museum

The Monday Tilley Watch Takes A Glancing Look At The Art & Artists Of The Latest Issue Of The New Yorker The Cover: As mentioned here last week, the cover (shown above), by Edel Rodriguez was early-released. Here (once again) is the Cover Story post with him. The Cartoonists: The Cartoons: Seventeen cartoonists and seventeen cartoons. One newbie: Jacob Breckenridge,

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Friday Spill: Peter Arno, Born 117 Years Ago Today; Early Release: New Yorker’s January 18, 2021 Cover; Daily Cartoonists & Cartoons

  Seven years ago I received an anonymous gift through the mail: an interesting copy of Peter Arno’s 1931 collection of drawings, Hullabaloo.  The book was obviously well-loved as it included a stack of clipped drawings (mostly cartoons) and glued-in clippings (cartoons by Arno, some by his New Yorker colleagues). One of the pasted-in clippings is a piece by Selma

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