George Booth At The Society of Illustrators; Columbia University Panel with Emily Flake, Tom Toro, Robert Sikoryak, and Emma Allen

  “Mister Hiucappi believes animals should be kept out-of-doors all year round.” A Must:  “An Evening With George Booth” at The Society of Illustrators, November 8th. All the info here. Here’s Mr. Booth’s entry on the Spill‘s A-Z: George Booth (photo above taken in NYC 2016, courtesy of Liza Donnelly) Born June 28, 1926, Cainesville, MO. NYer work: 1969 –

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The Monday Tilley Watch

              The Monday Tilley Watch is a meandering take on the cartoons in the current issue of The New Yorker.   Are these the dog days of summer? According to Wikipedia, Sweden’s dog days are  bracketed by the dates July 22nd through August 23rd.  That seems reasonable for the United States as well.  My

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Fave Photo of the Day: George Booth at His Desk; The Latest New Yorker Cartoons Rated; BEK Talks about Summertime Television; Ellis Rosen, Emma Allen, and Colin Stokes On a Bench; Advertising Work by New Yorker Cartoonists, Part 5: Helen Hokinson

Fave Photo of the Day: George Booth Sarah Booth recently took this photo of her father, the one-and-only George Booth.  My thanks to Sarah for permission to post here. Below left: a “Booth Dog” Here’s Mr. Booth’s entry on the Spill’s A-Z : George Booth (photo above taken in NYC 2016, courtesy of Liza Donnelly) Born June 28, 1926, Cainesville,

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