Watching Someone Draw This morning, I happened upon an Instagram video of my New Yorker colleague, Chris Weyant drawing. Even though I spend most of my work day watching drawings of my own appear on paper, I found myself in a kind of drifty zone (no snow punning intended) seeing Chris’s pen move efficiently along the page, creating a
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New Yorker Cover Artist & Cartoonist John Cuneo Guests On The Cartoon Pad John Cuneo, who began contributing to The New Yorker in 2009, joins co-hosts (and New Yorker colleagues) Bob Eckstein and Michael Shaw for a wide-ranging discussion. Listen here. Mr. Cuneo’s most recent book is Good Intentions (Fantagraphics) Visit John Cuneo’s website here.
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Fave Photo OF The Week: Maggie Larson And The Sturgeon King Maggie Larson, who began contributing to The New Yorker in 2017, posted this photo on social media the other day. We see Ms. Larson standing with The Sturgeon King himself. Ms. Larson is holding an original New Yorker drawing that originally appeared in the December 24, 2024 issue. Visit Maggie
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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 Cover: Basketball Is Big. A Spill fave New Yorker artist, John Cuneo, channels Gulliver’s Travels. From the magazine’s Contributors page: John Cuneo has contributed to the magazine since 1994. An exhibition of his drawings is on display at Manjari &
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