Map Covers There’ve been a number of New Yorker covers over its 97 years that use maps as a focus, or theme. One of the most popular is this one (if numbers of shower curtains sold is an indication of popularity). But I’m thinking this morning of these other map covers, all gems. Top left, clockwise: William Steig*, Arthur Getz,
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62 Years Ago This Week In The New Yorker If you’ve spent any time visiting this site you’ll know I like to occasionally pull bound volumes of New Yorkers off our shelves and discover what’s inside. Although I’ve been through each volume in the Spill’s library there’s always something or other I’ve missed. This morning I grabbed the April-May 1960
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The Tilley Watch Online, The Week Of January 24-28, 2022 An end of the week listing of contributors to newyorker.com features The Daily Cartoon: Ali Solomon, Brendan Loper, J.A.K., Sophie Lucido Johnson, Ellis Rosen .Barry Blitt’s Kvetchbook: “Mitch McConnell, Stripped Bare” ____________________________________________________________________ 60 Years Ago In The New Yorker On this snowy-blowy day in the northeast I thought it
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Alan Dunn’s 1,981st New Yorker Drawing In my earliest days at The New Yorker it seemed to be a gospel truth that Alan Dunn was the most prolific New Yorker artist. I’ve long been fascinated by how such facts are established as fact. I suppose it could be as simple as someone offhandedly saying to a colleague in an elevator one
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