The Monday Tilley Watch takes a glancing look at the art and artists of the latest issue of The New Yorker The Cover: Kamala Harris The Cartoonists and Cartoons: Fourteen cartoons, fourteen cartoonists. No newbies. One duo, that we know of (the Spill considers duos as one cartoonist. In this week’s issue, idea writer Helene Parsons is co-credited with Kaamran
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The Monday Tilley Watch Takes A Glancing Look At The Art & Artists Of The Latest Issue Of The New Yorker The Cover: a street scene. The Cartoonists & Cartoons: Thirteen cartoons, thirteen cartoonists. One duo (that we know of): Kaamran Hafeez and Helene Parsons. One newbie: Jonathan Rosen, the 9th cartoonist added to the magazine’s stable in 2022, and the
Read moreBack in July of this year when I interviewed gag writer Helene Parsons, Kaamran Hafeez‘s name and work came up. Now Mr. Hafeez has posted his thoughts on using gag writers: “How Do You Solve a Problem Like A Gag Writer?” _____________________________________________________________________ Gil Roth continues
Read moreSitting around a dinner table last night with three other New Yorker cartoonists, I mentioned I was working on an interview with a gag writer. Although none of us were gag writers or had ever used the services of gag writers, I was aware of the novelty of the situation: three out of four of us
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