The Society Of Illustrators fab headquarters is the home of the largest Thurber drawing I’ve ever seen. Years ago, I saw some large Thurber originals lining the hallways of the Great Southern Hotel as part of a Thurber birthday celebration. If my memory is correct, they weren’t as big as the one at the Society. Thanks to Anelle Miller, Executive
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I’m a sucker for certain New Yorker “product” — my favorite sits on my desk: a paperweight* bearing the iconic cover of The New Yorker ‘s inaugural issue (you know, the issue with Rea Irvin’s classic Eustace Tilley cover). The paperweight was sold some years back — I don’t remember when (10 years? 15?). So when a Google Alert turned
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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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ToonStack #2 The second ToonStack Newsletter has been posted. The contributors include Navied Dahvanian, Hillary Campbell, Kendra Allenby, Johnny DiNapoli, Ellis Rosen, J.A.K., Amy Kurzweil, Jason Chatfield, Avi Steinberg, and Sofia Warren. See all the work here. _______________________________________________________________ The Tilley Watch Online, The Week Of March 15-19, 2021 An end of week listing of
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