___________________________________________________________________________________ A fun evening at Parsons School of Design back in October of 1984. The occasion was the opening of a group show of New Yorker art. The group photo above and the smaller photos, by T. Dovidio, appeared in The Village Voice. Below is a barely legible key (sorry!) to the artists shown. One person is unknown to me.
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An Accordian Brochure (And More) From The Past; Today’s Daily Cartoonist & Cartoon…And Yesterday’s
An Accordian Brochure (And More) From The Past Back in 1985, when The New Yorker celebrated its 60th anniversary there were big doings: a Cartoon Album published, and a huge show of art on display at The New York Public Library (the show went on tour following its New York debut). The above brochure must’ve been available at the exhibit.
Read moreThe Weekend Spill: From Attempted Bloggery, A Killed Irvin Cover In Copper; A New Yorker State Of Mind Dives Into Two Summer Issues From 1931; A Few Thoughts On The Recent Swann Galleries Auction Of New Yorker Art; From The Spill Archive… A Jack Ziegler Greeting Card From 1983; The Tilley Watch Online: July 13-17, 2020
_____________________________________________________________________________ From Attempted Bloggery, July 19, 2020, “…Rea Irvin’s Killed New Yorker Cover Art Printing Plate” — an interesting item rescued from a long-ago flooded New Yorker basement courtesy of a Spill fave blogger. Left: Rea Irvin, The New Yorker’s jack-of-all-graphics ___________________________________________________________________________ A New Yorker State OF Mind Dives Deep into the July 4th & July 11th 1931 Issues
Read moreThe Monday Tilley Watch, The New Yorker Issue Of July 20, 2020
Looking at the new issue I felt a bit like “Vacuum Man” from the Beatles animated film Yellow Submarine — you know, the creature who sucks up everything around it, including itself. After what seemed like eternity during the double issue two week span, I was eager to in-take and take-in the cartoons. Left: Vacuum Man is the guy
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