The Monday Tilley Watch Takes A Glancing Look At The Art & Artists Of The Latest Issue Of The New Yorker The Cover: Holiday scene. Cartoonists & Cartoons: Paul Noth, Suerynn Lee, Lonnie Millsap, Sarah Kempa, Zachary Kanin, Navied Mahdavian, Kim Warp, Roz Chast, Lars Kenseth, George Booth, Edward Koren, Julia Suits, Will McPhail Thirteen cartoons, fourteen cartoonists (Ed Steed has
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The Ink Spill Interview: Edward Koren Of the nearly 700 artists who have contributed cartoons to The New Yorker in its 97 years, Edward Koren is among the half-dozen who have contributed 60 years or more. 60 years of cartoons and covers! That is a massive amount of commitment, resilience, artistry,
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The NYTs On Barbara Shermund: “Overlooked No More” Hurray for Barbara Shermund! The paper of record has finally got around to noting her life and work. The first Barbara Shermund obit — at least as far as I’ve been able to discover — was the notice, above left, published September 9, 1978. I found it online years ago in
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Above: David Sipress, on the left, with Sam Gross, who Mr. Sipress calls “the funniest cartoonist that’s ever been.” –Photo: Ken Krimstein We don’t see many memoirs from New Yorker cartoonists. Peter Arno started one, but it never went further than lists of names and snippets of memories
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