The Cover: The “Cartoon Takeover” theme begins on Robert Sikoryak’s cover as cartoon characters whitewash text. Read a Q&A with the cover artist here. The Cartoonists: The Cartoons: Right off the bat, it should be noted that this issue is unlike the “Cartoon Issue” once produced this time of the year beginning in 1997; that series ended after a fifteen
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The Weekend Spill: A Whither Now? MAD Dartboard; The Online Tilley Watch: December 16 -20, 2019; From The Archives: 1984 “The New Yorker” Cartoonists Traveling Exhibit Poster
A Whither Now? MAD Dartboard MAD was in the news not long ago when it announced it was no longer going to turn out a brand new content-filled magazine, but rely instead on reprinting older material. Now the folks at MAD have (sort of) given its readers a game of choice. The below graphic piece appears in the February 2020
Read moreThe Monday Tilley Watch, The New Yorker Issue Of December 23, 2019; Today’s Daily Cartoonist & Cartoon; Emma Allen’s Year In Review Not-To-Be-Missed Daily Shouts; Blitt’s Mao & Nixon
The Cover: Ed Steed’s third New Yorker cover in five months. This makes my day: it’s always great to see a New Yorker cartoonist cross-over from the cartoon department to the art department (shades of the pre-Tina Brown days when the cartoonists provided the majority of covers). Here’s a Q&A with Mr. Steed about his latest cover. The Cartoonists: The
Read moreThe Weekend Spill: The Tilley Watch Online; New York Times Book Review Sketchbook Of Interest: Bob Eckstein
The Online Tilley Watch, December 9-13, 2019 An end of the week list of New Yorker artists* who contributed to newyorker.com features The Daily Cartoon: Ander Andreades (twice this week), Ellis Rosen, Robert Leighton, Avi Steinberg. Daily Shouts: Tom Chitty (with Chloe Radcliffe), Avi Steinberg, Colin Stokes (The New Yorker‘s assistant cartoon editor), Jason Adam Katzenstein, Becky Barnicoat. …and from
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