The Monday Tilley Watch takes a glancing look at the art and artists of the latest issue of The New Yorker The Cover: above and below (?) from the cartoonist, Ed Steed. The Cartoonists And Cartoons: It’s the 3rd “Cartoons & Puzzles Issue,” with numerous pages of the magazine devoted to multi-panel strips. But first, the Spill‘s primary focus: the single
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Latest Addition To The Spill Library…A 1937 New Yorker Bound Volume With Tilley’s Farewell Occasionally I’ll buy a New Yorker bound volume even though some of the issues within the volume are already in the Spill library. The idea of sitting with a book has always been more enjoyable (for me) than with a single issue. Both are fun and
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Michael Updike Looks For A Cartoon Michael Updike contacted the Spill recently in search of a multi-panel New Yorker drawing, published in the 1970s, similar to the one (shown below) his father, John Updike, did for The Harvard Lampoon in the early 1950s. After a thorough search through The New Yorker’s database the only drawing I found that came
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New Yorker Cartoon Editor Emma Allen At The Reuben Awards Emma Allen, front and center, holding a box of cartoon submissions, appears on this promotional piece by Ed Steckley for the National Cartoonists Society 77th Reuben Awards. Ms. Allen will be part of a panel discussion, moderated by New Yorker
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