The Tilley Watch, The New Yorker Issue Of February 4, 2019

The Cover: Vegetation abounds. Here’s what the artist,Tom Gauld had to say about it. The Cartoonists in the new issue: The Magazine: Whenever February comes around, I begin thinking about the upcoming anniversary issue of The New Yorker, a favorite child here on this site (Spill visitors might remember this Tilley-centric piece I wrote for newyorker.com a few years back). Seeing

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The Tilley Watch Online, January 21-25, 2019; Cartoon Companion Rates The Latest New Yorker Drawings…And Interviews Roz Chast; More Arno And Shermund On Attempted Bloggery

New Yorker cartoonists contributing to Daily Shouts this past week were Bishakh Som, Liana Finck, and Ali Fitzgerald. The week’s Daily Cartoons, if not outright Trumpian, were certainly Trump tinged. The contributing New Yorker cartoonists were Emily Flake and Lars Kenseth; the online-only contributors were Brooke Bourgeois and Ivan Ehlers. _____________________________________________ The CC‘s “Max” and “Simon” have assigned ratings to

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Marisa Acocella On List Of Comic Greats; Attempted Bloggery Looks At Cartoon Saber Arches

From Syfy Wire, January 23, 2019, “The Greatest Female Comic Book Creators of All Time” — On the list: Marisa Acocella, who began contributing to The New Yorker in 1998. __________________________________ Attempted Bloggery Looks At Saber Arches The latest Attempted Bloggery post looks at two cartoons featuring the saber arch: one by Barbara Shermund (above) as well as a classic

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