The return of the New Yorker after a double issue break brings the return of the Cartoon Companion‘s “Max” and “Simon” and their rating system of 1 (bad — my word not theirs) to 6 (the polar opposite of bad). In this first issue of 2018 the examined and rated cartoons include mattress shoppers, one of the three bears on
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The Monday Tilley Watch on Tuesday: The New Yorker Issue of January 1, 2018
This new issue of the New Yorker, dated January 1, 2018, brings the magazine ever closer to its 93rd birthday in February. The year kicks off (for the magazine) reassuringly with a George Booth cover. Here’s the magazine’s Cover Story with Mr. Booth. Maybe it’s just me, but I can’t help but think the art contains just a bit of
Read moreThe New Yorker Cartoon Album 1975 – 1985
With the publication of The New Yorker Cartoon Album 1975-1985, the word “Cartoon” makes its second appearance on an Album cover and in an Album title (the first was on the cover of The Album of Sports and Games: Cartoons of Three Decades). The magazine’s 60th anniversary not only saw this anthology published, but the magazine’s fans were treated to
Read moreThe Monday Tilley Watch: The New Yorker (Double) Issue of December 18th & 25th, 2017
The Monday Tilley Watch is a meandering take on the cartoons in the current issue of The New Yorker. By now, observant social media types (and/or Spill visitors) have had four days to digest the latest issue’s cover. Our current President as Scrooge, and in the background, one of his former associates singing, like a canary(?). As this is a
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