The Monday Tilley Watch is a meandering take on the cartoons in the current issue of The New Yorker. The New Yorker has gone through a number of survivable events in its 92 year history. It nearly folded in its first six months of existence, but survived when Raoul Fleischmann, its original backer, suddenly turned white knight, decided to pump more
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Advertising Work by New Yorker Cartoonists, Part 12: Gluyas Williams
According to Genius in Disguise , Thomas Kunkel’s must-read biography of The New Yorker’s founder and first editor, Harold Ross, Gluyas Williams “was the artistic equivalent of E.B. White, in that to Ross (and to thousands of fans) he simply could do no wrong.” In that same book (pp. 333-335) there’s a fun section about Ross’s “secret” project: running Mr.
Read moreAdvertising Work by New Yorker Cartoonists, Part 2: William Steig
And now for Part 2 of what will be many parts of an adwork display by New Yorker cartoonists, all courtesy of Warren Bernard, indefatigable cartoon collector, and Executive Director of the Small Press Expo, or SPX. There are too many ads by William Steig to show in one sitting, so he’ll have to have his own Part 2
Read moreAdvertising Work by New Yorker Cartoonists, Part 1: Peter Arno; Shanahan’s Sharks
Advertising Work by New Yorker Cartoonists, Part 1 Warren Bernard, author of the wonderful book, Cartoons For Victory, as well as Executive Director of The Small Press Expo, has generously allowed the Spill access to hundreds of images he has collected that depict advertising work executed by New Yorker cartoonists. The Spill will post these from time-to-time. This is not
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