Personal History: A Tilley Box Under The Tree It’s not unusual that our family here at Spill headquarters is New Yorker-centric. Years ago, my New Yorker colleague (& wife), Liza Donnelly and I told CBS News that our kids grew up speaking cartoon. They can usually ID which cartoonist we’re talking about just by hearing the cartoonist’s first name: For
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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 Cover: A boardwalk The Cartoonists and Cartoons: Fifteen cartoons, seventeen cartoonists (Edward Steed takes care of this week’s Spot drawings, and Liana Finck has a “Sketchpad”). One duo in the issue, that we know of (the Spill counts duos
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Sam Gross On His Friend, Bill Woodman — Above on the left, Sam Gross; Bill Woodman on the right. The Spill asked a few long-time New Yorker artists to say a few words about their colleague, Bill Woodman, who passed away last Saturday. Here’s what Sam Gross had to say: “Bill and I wrote and drew gags together for
Read moreThe Cover: a sign o’ the times graduation piece by Anita Kunz. This is the tenth out the last eleven covers that is coronavirus-related. The Cartoonists: The Cartoons: An even dozen cartoons & cartoonists, with a thirteenth, Ed Steed, as this week’s Spot drawing artist. The newbie in the crowd, Oren Bernstein, is the sixth new New Yorker cartoonist of
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