–photo: Michael Maslin The New Yorker’s centennial included all kinds of interesting doings. Here’s the lot of them. The Special Issues: There were four special anniversary issues this year (called “centenary” issues on the magazine’s Table of Contents). The keepsake of the four for most readers is likely the Feb.17 & 24, 2025 (double) issue, shown above, which marked the
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Eustace Tilley Cufflinks Of Interest From Attempted Bloggery, September 23, 2025, “Eustace Tilley New Yorker Cuffllnks” Stephen Nadler, the fellow behind the Attempted Bloggery curtain, takes a look at these interesting, and somewhat mysterious pieces (the set above are part of the Spill archives). “Mysterious” because there seems to be, at the moment, only one other known pair (offered and
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This MAD Magazine Eustace Tilley parody (published as the back cover of the March 1977 issue) somehow escaped my attention for 48 years. I just ran across it yesterday. Without an actual copy in hand, I’ve no idea who the artist was. If you know, please let me know. _________________ More Reading: Here’s a Spill piece from March of 2024
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Celebrating The New Yorker’s Centennial Jason Chatfield’s Aged Eustace From Jason Chatfield, who began contributing to The New Yorker in 2017, “3 Covers To Celebrate The 100th Birthday Of Eustace Tilley” — Mr. Chatfield fast forwards Eustace, age-wise. –Left:
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