The Cover: As mentioned here last week, the Brexit-inspired cover, by Mark Ulriksen, was early-released. Read about it here. The Cartoonists: Suerynn Lee‘s work has appeared on newyorker.com; this is her print debut in the magazine. Ms. Lee is the fifth cartoonist to debut this year, and the twenty-ninth cartoonist brought aboard since Emma Allen took the reins of the
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The Tilley Watch, The New Yorker Issue of February 11, 2019; Today’s Daily Cartoon
The Cover: This week’s New Yorker cover is by Pascal Campion, his second cover for the magazine — his second moody metropolis scene. Read about it here. I wonder if we’ll see a moody mid-western, western, northeastern or southern scenario anytime soon. The Cartoonists: The Cartoons: Several nice surprises this week. The first was running into Sam Gross’s lead-in cartoon
Read moreThe 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
Read moreNew Yorker Caption Contest Friday
This being the end of the traditionally news-less week (for New Yorker cartoons and cartoonists) leading up to the new year, I thought why not dedicate today’s post to the New Yorker‘s Caption Contest. Last time I checked, the contest had reached its 644th offering (with a windmill drawing by Bob Eckstein). Background: every time I’ve been
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