90 Years Ago This Week In The New Yorker Every so often I like to check in with The New Yorker‘s past (for those who want to make it a regular thing, I highly suggest the terrif website, A New Yorker State of Mind). I rolled the dice today and thought: “Hmmm, 90 years ago is probably interesting.” So back
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First And Last: Mary Petty Continuing a once-in-a-blue-moon Spill series, “First and Last” looks at an artist’s very first New Yorker contribution, and their very last. On this Valentine’s Day I thought it would be fun to take a look at the late great Mary Petty’s first and last (her A-Z entry appears below the drawings). Her very first New
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Personal History: A Tilley Box Under The Tree It’s not unusual that our family here at Spill headquarters is New Yorker-centric. Years ago, my New Yorker colleague (& wife), Liza Donnelly and I told CBS News that our kids grew up speaking cartoon. They can usually ID which cartoonist we’re talking about just by hearing the cartoonist’s first name: For
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The Monday Tilley Watch takes a glancing look at the art and artists of the latest issue of The New Yorker The Cover: Pigeons The Cartoonists & Cartoons: Twelve cartoons, twelve cartoonists. No duos (that we know of). No newbies.The longest active contributor in this issue is Mort Gerberg, whose first New Yorker cartoon was published in the issue of April
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