A Price Playbill Without generous donors, the Spill‘s archives would be so much poorer. Here’s the latest addition: a Playbill with cover art by the great George Price. Stalag 17 premiered at the 48th St. Theatre in May of 1951. Mr. Price’s work, as a spot artist, premiered in The New Yorker in 1929. In his book, The Art of
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The Monday Tilley Watch, The (double) New Yorker Issue of July 9 & 16, 2018
A dog in a flotation device on a very watery cover for a double issue in early-to-mid July. The artist Mark Ulriksen talks about his creation here. My eye wants me to believe that Mr. Ulriksen’s doggie is floating in the air above the surface of marbeilized water. A delayed Monday Tilley Watch as the digital issue has not yet
Read moreIt’s Too Darn Hot; Fave Photos of the Day: Chast & Wertz…Shanahan, Toro & Ziegler
Here’s a Liza Donnelly classic cartoon from The New Yorker issue of August 7, 1995: And a favorite Charles Addams cover: ______________________________________________________ Fave Photos of the Day: Roz Chast & Julia Wertz…Shanahan, Toro & Ziegler Julia Wertz (on the left) and Roz Chast appeared at The New York Public Library last Thursday to discuss their work. I love that Ms.
Read moreThe Wednesday Tilley Watch: Roz Chast, Julia Wertz in New York; Edward Koren, Danny Shanahan, Tom Toro, & Co. in Bennington, Vermont
A day of reminders on the Spill: If you’re in or around Manhattan today, Roz Chast (above, far right) and Julia Wertz (far left) are in conversation at the New York Public Library this evening at 6:30. All the info here. ________________________________________________________ Edward Koren, Danny Shanahan, Tom Toro in Vermont And if you’re somewhere in the vicinity of Bennington this
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