With the New Yorker’s 93rd Anniversary issue soon on the horizon I thought it would be fun to take a look at first Tilley covers by Harold Ross, William Shawn, Robert Gottlieb, Tina Brown and David Remnick. I’ve thrown in tidbits of Tilley trivia — mostly non-Tilley trivia — along the way. February 21, 1925: Harold Ross A
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Revisiting: The New Yorker 75th Anniversary Cartoon Collection
If you liked the cover of the New Yorker‘s very first Cartoon Issue (published in 1997) you might like the cover of The New Yorker 75th Anniversary Cartoon Collection (published in 2000). Why? Because all of the cartoon grabs on the 75th Collection cover were on the cover of the Cartoon Issue. Now that’s not a bad thing; any cover
Read morePretty in Pink: The New Yorker’s 25th Anniversary Album; More Spills: Moore Tweets Out a Ziegler… More Soglow
Judging by what I’ve noticed over many years of visiting used book stores, The New Yorker 25th Anniversary Album must have been the most popular in the series of their cartoon anthologies. This is the one you’re likely to find if you find any at all. Bonus: it’s easily found online for just a few bucks. The Album sports a
Read moreRea Irvin’s Talk of The Town Masthead: “A Mere Reassuring Blur”
I’m devoting today’s Spill to Rea Irvin’s long-running Talk of The Town masthead — the one that appeared for 92 years, before being replaced this past May by a redrawn effort. Tune out if you wish — at least I’m not talking about the two dots that sometime appear below certain cartoons. I happened upon this passage about the Irvin
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