Daily Cartoonists: Monday Thru Wednesday Catching up, here are the Daily Cartoonists (and their cartoons) from the past three days: Monday: Emily Flake, who began contributing to The New Yorker in 2008, on summer rentals. Tuesday: Bob Eckstein, who began contributing to The New Yorker in 2007, on a wedding crasher. Wednesday: Brooke Bourgeois, who began contributing to The New
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Friday Spill: Results of Yesterday’s Swann Cartoon Auction; Answers To Google’s “People Also Ask”
The gavel has dropped, and the winning prices are in for the latest Swann Illustration auction (which included a number of New Yorker pieces: cartoons and covers). After looking through the results this morning, I think it’s safe to say it was a good day if you are a Frank Modell fan (two of his pieces went for the lowest
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The Monday Spill: Thoughts On A 50 Year Old Issue Of The New Yorker
Thoughts On A 50 Year Old Issue Of The New Yorker It being the second half of a double issue week, the Monday Tilley Watch will return next Monday. In its place I’ve decided to time travel 50 years in the past for a look thru The New Yorker issue of May 1, 1971. The cover is by the late
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The Ink Spill Interview: Edward Frascino
Above: Edward Frascino With Aristide Maillol’s “The Mediteranean” at The Museum Of Modern Art, about 1955. Photo courtesy of Mr. Frascino When I joined The New Yorker’s stable of cartoonists in the late 1970s there were perhaps two dozen regulars whose work anchored the magazine’s art. The strength of the stable was, as you would expect, superior cartoonery
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