A MAD New Yorker Cartoonist Jason Chatfield, a MAD cartoonist, has been contributing to The New Yorker since 2017. Read his Medium piece posted yesterday: “World MAD As Cartoonists Get Rubbed Out” ___________________________________________________________________ A MAD Facebook Group Of Interest The Facebook group, MAD Mumblings, seems like a good place to keep in touch with current MAD events. A number of
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Playful Pages; Early Gahan Wilson Art; Yesterday’s and Today’s New Yorker Daily Cartoon
Playful Pages On many a Monday Tilley Watch I mention placement of art. Usually I’m talking about how large a drawing appears on the page, and where it sits. I’m fairly certain I’ve also mentioned how the art once played across the pages of The New Yorker, creatively interacting with text. While randomly (electronically) flipping through elder issues of The
Read moreBlogs of Interest: A New Yorker State Of Mind & Attempted Bloggery
Two favorite blogs, both in the holiday spirit. A New Yorker State of Mind with its ongoing fascinating deep dives into the magazine, issue by issue, beginning with the very first number. In this case it’s the issue of December 7, 1929 (cover by Julian de Miskey). Read here. And Attempted Bloggery shows us an E. Simms Campbell cartoon from
Read moreJames Thurber: “What Do You People Really Want, Anyway?”
Last Sunday the 6th New Yorker Album was in this spot — today it’s The 5th New Yorker Album, published in 1932. It’s a heck of a lot of fun to look through and it has a bonus: the Foreward is by James Thurber. In 1932 he was in top form as a cartoonist and writer, as well as one
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