The Monday Tilley Watch

The Monday Tilley Watch is a meandering take on the cartoons in the current issue of The New Yorker. The week begins with the eclipse eclipsing political news, if only for a moment. Good luck with that, eclipse.  As noted here last week the cover of the new issue (dated August 28, 2017) has received more notice than usual.  Read

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The Monday Tilley Watch

The Monday Tilley Watch is a meandering take on the cartoons in the current issue of The New Yorker.     Expecting something political on the July 31st cover it was a surprise when Javier Mariscal‘s water’s edge pastoral popped up on my screen (I’m looking at the digital version of the magazine; I’ll look at the print version when

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A Thurber Poster (and A Steig Poster & A Soglow Poster): Book of Interest: Wertz’s Tenements, Towers & Trash

The other day I Spilled a beautiful Peter Arno poster being auctioned by the Swann Galleries;  here are three more posters by three  great New Yorker artists:  James Thurber, Otto Soglow and William Steig. All took a turn  illustrating a poster for the Washington Square Art Show.  Thurber’s was for the 1935 exhibit, Soglow’s for 1930, and  Steig’s for 1933.

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