This being the end of the traditionally news-less week (for New Yorker cartoons and cartoonists) leading up to the new year, I thought why not dedicate today’s post to the New Yorker‘s Caption Contest. Last time I checked, the contest had reached its 644th offering (with a windmill drawing by Bob Eckstein). Background: every time I’ve been
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The Monday Tilley Watch, The New Yorker Issue of June 4 & 11, 2018
The Fiction/Childhood Issue? Well that’s what it says, in red and black on the Table of Contents: First, the paperwork: See that beautiful masthead just above? It was drawn and designed by Rea Irvin. It’s been missing since Spring of last year after appearing in the New Yorker for 92 years. It was replaced last year by a redrawn version
Read moreThe Monday Tilley Watch: The New Yorker Issue of May 28, 2018
Gayle Kabaker‘s charming cover kicks off summertime ’18 (you can read about the cover here). Just for fun I’m showing the cover of every last issue of May from 1925 through 2015, one from each decade. May 30, 1925: Ilonka Karasz; May 25, 1935: Constantin Alajalov; May 26, 1945: Constantin Alajalov; May 28, 1955: A. Birnbaum; May 29, 1965: Arthur
Read moreInterviews of Interest: Roz Chast, Jason Adam Katzenstein; The Tilley Watch Online
Interview : Roz Chast From The Rumpus, November 30, 2017, “The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #122: Roz Chast” _________________________________________________________________________________ Interview: Jason Adam Katzenstein From jewcy.com, December 1, 2017, “Cartooning’s Jewish Je Ne Sais Quoi” _________________________________________________________________________ …This past week’s Daily featured a slightly animated cyber drawing by Sharon Levy; a media-centric drawing by Emily Flake, and lotsa politics, from David Sipress, Brendan
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