I had to keep myself occupied yesterday afternoon while a repairman was in our basement figuring out why the furnace was sputtering and causing the house to smell like an oil refinery. With the sound of clanging tools just below the floor of the space where I work, I figured it was a good time to grab a bound volume
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Right up front I’ll admit that I’ve learned, and continue to learn, a little something (or sometimes a lot of something) from my cartoonist colleagues, past and present. James Thurber’s work happens to be the most influential; seeing his work when I was a teenager yanked me away from the influences that had fueled me til then. Back then
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Today’s Daily Cartoonist: Tom Toro on working outside of the home. Mr. Toro began contributing to The New Yorker in 2010. Visit his website here. Zoe Si was yesterday’s Daily Cartoonist. Ms. Si began contributing to The New Yorker in February of 2020. Visit her website here. Also: Zoe Si is today’s Daily Shouts cartoonist. _______________________________________________________________________ McCall’s New York
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Thoughts On A 50 Year Old Issue Of The New Yorker It being the second half of a double issue week, the Monday Tilley Watch will return next Monday. In its place I’ve decided to time travel 50 years in the past for a look thru The New Yorker issue of May 1, 1971. The cover is by the late
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