Tom Gauld’s cover for this new issue is one of the best covers I’ve seen in the post-Lee Lorenz as editor era (Mr. Lorenz was the New Yorker‘s art editor from 1973 through 1993, and cartoon editor from 1993 through 1997. During his years as art editor he edited both covers and cartoons). Here’s Mr. Gauld talking about his Spring
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The Tilley Watch Online: March 26- 31, 2018
A nearly Trump-less week on the Daily. The subjects and the cartoonists were as follows: Gun Control(?)…Brendan Loper; Gun Control…JAK; Trump…Mr. Loper; Baseball…Mort Gerberg; Facebook… Paul Noth. And over on Daily Shouts, the contributing New Yorker cartoonists were Olivia de Recat, and P.C. Vey. All of these (and more) can be seen here on newyorker.com
Read moreThe Monday Tilley Watch: The New Yorker Issue of March 26, 2018
The cat, or, uh, cover’s been outta the bag for several days now, so we can move right on to the cartoons in the issue. (I’ll mention Rea Irvin‘s missing masthead later on in this post). Roz Chast has the first drawing (p.19). The setting of several folks lined up on a sofa hard up against a wall seems to
Read moreThe Monday Tilley Watch: The New Yorker Issue of March 19, 2018
The latest New Yorker is the “Spring Style” issue (it says so right at the top of the Table of Contents). The huge feathered Carol Channing-esque hat on the cover (by Maira Kalman) sets the tone, or theme. There’s a lot of color in this issue (ads, illustrations, and one cartoon) — more so than usual, I think. Makes sense:
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