The Cover The new issue’s cover, by Homer Hanuka, is the seventh of the last eight covers that are coronavirus-related. You can read a Q&A with the artist here. The Cartoonists Joe Dator, Sam Gross, Harry Bliss, Farley Katz, Roz Chast, Ellis Rosen, Glen Baxter, P.C. Vey, Emily Flake, Frank Cotham, David Sipress, Liana Finck, Lars Kenseth, Johnny DiNapoli, Carol
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The Monday Tilley Watch, The New Yorker Issue Of April 6, 2020; Today’s Daily Cartoonist & Cartoon; Today’s Daily Shouts Cartoonist
The Cover: A heart-strings reflection of the issue’s Health Issue theme (but it’s tempting to believe we’d see a cover along these lines even if it wasn’t the Health Issue). The Cartoonists: The Cartoons: An umbrella observation from the get-go: the abundance of color pieces (one by Roz Chast, one by Emily Flake, and one by Liana Finck) in this
Read moreThe Monday Tilley Watch, The New Yorker Issue Of March 2, 2020
The Cover: As mentioned last Friday, Barry Blitt‘s Bloomberg exploding cigar cover (above) was rush-released. Here’s a short piece about the cover’s subject by magazine’s art editor, Francoise Mouly. The Cartoonists The Cartoons A likely too-deep-in-the-weeds observation: I believe (someone please correct me if I’m wrong!) this is the first issue of the magazine in contemporary times composed fully of
Read moreThe Monday Tilley Watch, The New Yorker Issue Of January 6, 2020
The Cover: A retro cover! When I saw this attractive cover I immediately placed its style and structure in the early 1960s, and thought of a particular artist: the most prolific of all New Yorker cover artists, Arthur Getz. To illustrate, here’s Mr. Getz’s cover from December 18, 1965 side-by-side with this new one by Pascal Campion. The Cartoonists: The
Read moreNew Yorker Cartoonists (And Cakes) At The Magazine’s Holiday Party
Here are a few scenes from last night’s merry New Yorker Holiday Party. A happy throng filled a giant room on the 33rd floor of 1 World Trade Center. All photos courtesy of Liza Donnelly, unless otherwise attributed. My thanks to cartoonists Liza Donnelly, Joe Dator, Felipe Galindo, and Jason Chatfield for their photos. Left: New Yorker editor, David Remnick
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