The Cover: The most recent cover by Barry Blitt has drawn a bit of press. Here’s Mr. Blitt talking about his latest contribution. The Cartoonists & Cartoons: Sharp-eyed Spill visitors might’ve noticed the “Spots” artist is included this week. It’s a special treat to have R.O. Blechman‘s work in the issue. Mr. Blechman is one of the giants of this
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The Monday Tilley Watch, The New Yorker Issue Of July 29, 2019; Today’s Daily Cartoonist And Cartoon; A Julia Wertz Daily Shouts; Fave Photo Of The Day
The Cover: I see destructive tourists at the core of this cover, yet destruction doesn’t come up in Joost Swarte’s interview with The New Yorker‘s art director, Francoise Mouly. Odd? The Cartoonists: The Cartoons: Almost a theme issue, of sorts: Amy Hwang (cats), Roz Chast (dogs), Farley Katz (flamingos), Joe Duffy (pigs), Kendra Allenby (deer), Frank Cotham (a snake), Shannon
Read moreHappy 89th Gahan Wilson!; A Soglow Scarf On Attempted Bloggery; A Q&A Of Interest: Julia Wertz; Pictures At An Exhibition: Booth, Gross, Harris, Roth, Blechman, & More
A Most Happy Birthday to Gahan Wilson, born on this day in 1930. Mr. Wilson began contributing to The New Yorker in 1977. Link here to his website. As well as The New Yorker, Mr. Wilson’s work is closely associated with The National Lampoon and Playboy. _____________________________________ A Soglow Scarf On Attempted Bloggery Stephen Nadler’s Attempted Bloggery continues its look
Read moreThe 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
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