The Monday Tilley Watch Takes A Glancing Look At Some Of The Art & Artists Of The Latest Issue Of The New Yorker *A Note to Visitors: As of mid-morning the latest issue had not been posted online. There is the slide show of new cartoons but it’s always preferable (to me anyway!) to see the cartoons as they sit
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The Cover: Bob Staake’s 24th New Yorker cover (early-released mid-week last) is a tribute to the late RBG. You can read an interesting Q&A with him here about coming up with the idea. Visit Mr. Staake’s website. The Cartoonists: Eighteen cartoons, nineteen cartoonists (Barry Blitt, who wears many hats, among them cartoonist, has a Sketchbook on page 41). This week’s
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The Cover: You can read Francoise Mouly’s (The New Yorker art editor) very brief interview with Mr. Ware here. The Cartoonists: The Cartoons: Thirteen cartoons, fifteen cartoonists in the issue (two contributed “Sketchpads”). A newbie: Millie von Platen, is the 17th new cartoonist added to the magazine’s stable this year, and the 70th new cartoonist brought aboard since Emma Allen
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The Cover: Gayle Kabaker’s lone surfer seems to hit the right mood as we close in on Labor Day (the unofficial end of Summer?). Read a brief Q&A with her here. The Cartoonists: There are two duos, one of them new to the magazine: Julia Leigh & Phillip Day. Sophie Lucido Johnson & Sammi Skolmoski, the other duo made their
Read more___________________________________________________________________________________ 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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