The Monday Tilley Watch takes a glancing look at the art and artists of the latest issue of The New Yorker The Cover: lotsa bugs The Cartoonists And Cartoons: Twelve cartoons, thirteen cartoonists (Ed Steed has the cover). Two duos, that we know of (the Spill counts duos as one cartoonist). No newbies. The longest active cartoonist in the issue is
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WSJ’s Charles Preston, 1921 -2020 Charles Preston,The Wall Street Journal’s “Pepper…and Salt” cartoon editor passed away last Friday at age 98. For 70 years (yes, 70!) he edited the “Pepper…and Salt” feature. The Journal‘s obit quotes Mr. Preston as once saying: “I’ve looked at more cartoons than anyone in the history of mankind.” A number of New Yorker artists found
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