The Cover: The cover, by Christoph Niemann, has a kind of mid-summer feel to it (however, its title, “Voices of Change” tells us (and in this case, I guess we need to be informed) it doesn’t have a thing to do with something that simple. In fact, this is a themed issue of The New Yorker, headed “Voices Of American
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The Weekend Spill: A 1934 July 4th Moment By Steig; Bliss’s American Bystander Cover; The Tilley Watch Online, The Week Of June 29th-July 3rd, 2020; More Spills: Eckstein’s Beast Piece, A Hoff Mural, and More Henry Martin
William Steig’s 1934 New Yorker cover celebrating the 4th of July seems to capture the mood of this particular 4th when we have been urged to stay at home, away from gatherings. It was, of course, published during another deeply troubled time in our history. Here’s William Steig’s entry on the Spill‘s A-Z: William Steig Born in Brooklyn, NY, Nov.
Read moreTuesday Tilley: Books On The Horizon From Eckstein, Bliss & Martin, McPhail, Crumb
Here are a few books from New Yorker artists heading our way, some sooner than later: All’s Fair In Love And War: The Ultimate Cartoon Book, edited by Bob Eckstein, and featuring a cast of thousands (well actually 39 cartoonists). Princeton Architectural Press. Out October 20, 2020. The third title in the Ultimate Cartoon Book series edited by Mr.
Read moreThe Monday Tilley Watch, The New Yorker Issue Of May 11, 2020: Let Us Now Praise George Booth’s Auto Repair Shop Cartoons
The Cover: The ninth coronavirus-themed cover out of the last ten issues. Here’s a Q&A with cover artist, Christoph Mueller. From the Dept. of Broken Records: sorry, but do New Yorker covers really need titles? This one would be fine standing all by itself. The Cartoonists: Let Us Now Praise George Booth’s Auto Repair Shop Cartoons In a departure for
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