The Monday Tilley Watch takes a glancing look at the art and artists of the latest issue of The New Yorker Note: as with last week, The New Yorker‘s digital issue, usually posted at 6:00 AM, has not yet been posted (as of 7:00 AM), so I’m forging ahead with this look at the new issue by using a listing of the
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Tom Toro Is The Latest Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast Guest Tom Toro, who has shown up quite a bit on the Spill lately, turns up once again. This time he’s on a Spill fave site, the Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast. Listen here! Above, clockwise from top left…co-hosts VinCoca, Paul Nesja, Beth Lawler, and Nicole Chrolavicius, and Mr. Toro. Visit Tom
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The Monday Tilley Watch takes a glancing look at the art and artists of the latest issue of The New Yorker The Cartoonists and Cartoons Sixteen cartoonists, sixteen cartoons. No newbies. No duos, that we know of. Cover artist, Marcellus Hall, has Spots. The longest active contributing cartoonist is Roz Chast, whose first New Yorker drawing was published July 3, 1978.
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A 42 Year Old Edward Koren Ad Booklet: “How To Approach A Wall” Yesterday, visiting a friend, he handed me this 1983 twelve page illustrated ad booklet from his archives (thanks my friend, for the donation!). Though the booklet’s been around forty-two years, it was brand new to me.The artist is the late very great Edward Koren. The client was
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