J.C. Duffy IDs His Bill Maher “Decoded” Cartoon J.C. Duffy, who began contributing to The New Yorker in 1998, has posted his New Yorker drawing that was discussed (or “decoded” as Mr. Maher puts it) in the latest clip of Maher describing New Yorker cartoons and then reading the captions (without actually showing the drawing itself). Mr. Maher’s decoding is
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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 Cartoonists and Cartoons: Thirteen cartoons, thirteen cartoonists. No duos, that we know of. No newbies. The longest active contributing cartoonist in the issue is Roz Chast, whose first New Yorker drawing appeared in July of 1978. This week’s cartoons.
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New Yorker Cartoonists Galore at the At Wit’s End Launch Party A terrif turn-out last night (despite the cold hard rain) in NYC at the Rizzoli bookstore for the launch of At Wit’s End: Cartoonists of The New Yorker. A goodly number of New Yorker artists were on hand to help send the book out into the world. Group photo
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Fave Photo Of The Week 1 Here’s Liza Donnelly in a sea of New Yorker original art for The New Yorker centennial exhibit she’s curating for The Society of Illustrators (the exhibit will open in 2025…more details to come when available). _______________________________________________________________________ Happy Birthday, Edward Frascino! The Spill wishes Mr. Frascino, at 94, The New Yorker‘s eldest active contributing
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