Newest Additions To The Spill Library This new addition to the spotty Spill collection of bound New Yorkers was a real treat to go through. Two Arno covers out of nine issues — he was on a hot streak in those post-war years. Memorable moments: early Steinberg drawings (captionless); a few “composite” Thurber drawings, and a number of captionless artist-in-the
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The Monday Tilley Watch Takes A Glancing Look At Some Of The Art & Artists Of The Latest Issue Of The New Yorker The Rea Irvin Talk Masthead Watch Ever since the tweakers-that-be at The New Yorker decided back in the Spring of 2017 to replace Rea Irvin’s above classic design with a redraw, I’ve included Mr. Irvin’s non-redrawn iconic
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The Monday Tilley Watch Takes A Glancing Look At The Art & Artists Of The Latest Issue Of The New Yorker The Cover: Barry Blitt, with a comment on the exiting of a President. I couldn’t help but think of this classic Charles Addams drawing from the issue of August 28, 1948. Here’s a short Q&A with Mr. Blitt about
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The Cover The cover before the big day. Are my eyes playing tricks on me or is the line of people (waiting to vote, heading into the sunset, or sunrise?) forming a “B”…could be a B for Blitt, the cover artist, or a B for, well, you know who…). Stepping into The New Yorker time machine (again), I opened up
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Fall Covers: Despite the pandemic, mother nature continues on doing her thing. There’s something reassuring about that (some of the best New Yorker covers have appeared this time of year). Back in 1984 the magazine’s seasonal covers inspired a gallery show and an accompanying book, Seasons At The New Yorker. Besides J.C. Suares’s September 23, 1974 cover that appears on
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