The 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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The Monday Tilley Watch, The New Yorker Issue Of May 4, 2020
The Cover: In Francoise Mouly’s Q&A with this week’s cover artist, Chris Ware, she informs us that the issue is anchored by “a kaleidoscopic account of a single day in New York.” And so we see a cover, in Mr. Ware’s patented style, loaded with snapshots of the city — a cover nearly devoid of people. The Cartoonists: Liza Donnelly,
Read moreThe Monday Tilley Watch, The New Yorker Issue Of April 27, 2020
The Cover The new issue’s cover, by Homer Hanuka, is the seventh of the last eight covers that are coronavirus-related. You can read a Q&A with the artist here. The Cartoonists Joe Dator, Sam Gross, Harry Bliss, Farley Katz, Roz Chast, Ellis Rosen, Glen Baxter, P.C. Vey, Emily Flake, Frank Cotham, David Sipress, Liana Finck, Lars Kenseth, Johnny DiNapoli, Carol
Read moreThe Monday Tilley Watch, The New Yorker Issue Of April 13, 2020; Today’s Daily Cartoonist & Cartoon
To my readers: This being the time we’re in, the online issue has not yet been posted (as of 11:00am), so what follows is a shortened version of The Monday Tilley Watch. Long-time visitors might recall I prefer first sightings of new cartoons in situ, but in order to provide at least some basic info, I’ve gone to the slideshow
Read moreThe Monday Tilley Watch, The New Yorker Issue of March 23, 2020: No GOAT
The Cover: This week’s cover, by Christoph Niemann is right on the money. The New Yorker‘s art editor, Francoise Mouly, has a Q&A with the artist here. Historical Note: this is the first issue of The New Yorker not to include a Goings On About Town section. A notice appears on this week’s Table of Contents. A potted history of
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