Interview Of Interest With Liza Donnelly From Two Moons, December 2025, “Conversation With Liza Donnelly: Drawing Power, Humor, And Women’s Lives Into View” Liza Donnelly began contributing to The New Yorker in 1979. She is the co-director (with Kathleen Hughes) of the 2025 documentary film, Women Laughing. _______________________________________________________ New New Yorker Shouts & Murmurs Feature Of Interest: Mary
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Eustace Blows Out 100 Candles The New Yorker magazine put on the Ritz last night (or, more specifically, put on the Jean’s) for its 100th birthday party. Happily, the weather cooperated — no freak winter storms, sub-freezing temps, or torrential rain — just a good old fashioned chilly dreary Winter’s night in Manhattan. My favorite kind
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On this happy occasion of the 100th anniversary of The New Yorker, it’s instructive to look at the second issue of the magazine, dated February 28, 1925. Was it perhaps too soon for Harold Ross to look back (one week!) critically on his debut issue? From everything I’ve read about Ross, the answer is no. It has been said that
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The Monday Tilley Watch takes a glancing look at the art and artists of the latest issue of The New Yorker The Cover: The Games Begin The Cartoonists & Cartoons: Eighteen cartoons, nineteen cartoonists (Millie von Platen has Spots). One duo, that we know of (the Spill counts duos as one cartoonist). No newbies. Nice to see a Sam Gross cartoon
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