Monday Tilley Watch: The New Yorker Issue Of November 22, 2021; Happy 91st Birthday, Edward Frascino!

The Monday Tilley Watch Takes A Glancing Look At The Art & Artists Of The Latest Issue Of The New Yorker The Cover: Nuts  The Cartoonists:  Eighteen cartoons, eighteen cartoonists (the Spill counts duos as one cartoonist. There’s one duo in this issue that we know of: Sophie Lucido Johnson and Sammi Skolmoski). There’s also a newbie, Teresa Wong, who

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Thurber Thursday: Alarms & Diversions…An Abandoned Robbery Attempt; Fave Throwback Photo Of The Day: Some Very Funny Ladies

A summertime place we’ve stayed for years has had two Thurber books on its shelves forever. One is The Seal In The Bedroom, and the other is a 1964 paperback copy of Alarms & Diversions. This title always reminds me of a college-era abandoned theft attempt (by me) of that particular Thurber title.  My graphic account appeared in the Spring

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