The Monday Tilley Watch is a meandering take on the cartoons in the current issue of The New Yorker. I think it’s safe to say we have in our hands this week the New Yorker’s official Fall issue what with John Cuneo‘s beautiful giant leaf descending cover. For a change, I looked through this week’s issue (the digital issue, of
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The Monday Tilley Watch: The New Yorker Issue of October 23, 2017
The Monday Tilley Watch is a meandering take on the cartoons in the current issue of The New Yorker. This week’s cover (by R. Kikuo Johnson, who we learn from the Contributors page teaches cartooning at the Rhode Island School of Design) is of robots on their way to wherever robots go to. One has an on-the-go cup of coffee(?)
Read moreThe Monday Tilley Watch: The New Yorker Issue of September 11, 2017
The Monday Tilley Watch is a meandering take on the cartoons in the current issue of The New Yorker. We’ve come to expect, in these modern New Yorker times, that the cover will likely be a graphic comment on the biggest news of the week, and so it is with this new issue, featuring Chris Ware’s reflection on Hurricane Harvey.
Read moreKaamran Hafeez on Using Gag Writers; Gil Roth Interviews Bob Eckstein
Back in July of this year when I interviewed gag writer Helene Parsons, Kaamran Hafeez‘s name and work came up. Now Mr. Hafeez has posted his thoughts on using gag writers: “How Do You Solve a Problem Like A Gag Writer?” _____________________________________________________________________ Gil Roth continues
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