Slideshow Of Interest: “Cartoon Highlights 1976-1985” The New Yorker has been celebrating its 100th birthday this year with decade-by-decade slideshows of “Cartoon Highlights.” Link here to see the latest (1976-1985). This one begins with a 1982 cartoon by Liza Donnelly (her first cartoon sold to The New Yorker, but it ran after the second one bought was published. Go figure).
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No Piano Is An Island, Sometimes I noticed the below scene early this morning. It made me appreciate our old player piano for the role it plays as a staging ground for various New Yorker things (books, art) that have yet to find their proper place around the house. All of those bound New Yorkers need a better place (they’re
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Greatly looking forward to this exhibit at The Society of Illustrators, curated by long-time New Yorker contributor, Liza Donnelly Details from the SOI’s social media post: More information here — the drawing above is from Gluyas Williams’s New Yorker series, Fellow Citizens. This one, titled Observation Platform, was published March 11, 1933. See it in full here ________________________________________________________________ Ali Solomon’s
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We’re halfway through two weeks covered by the New Yorker double issue of December 26th, 2024 & January 6th, 2025. The regular Monday Tilley Watch will return next Monday, January 6, 2025. Video Of Interest…Peter Steiner Draws! Here’s a fun short video the terrif Peter Steiner posted on social media. Mr. Steiner began contributing to The New Yorker in 1979.
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