The Monday Tilley Watch takes a glancing look at the art and artists of the latest issue of The New Yorker Ninety-eight years ago, Harold Ross’s brainchild, The New Yorker, hit the newsstands for the very first time. It was not a sensation. Disinterest from the magazine reading public caused it to nearly disappear before it was six months old.
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From The Archive: Raoul Fleischmann At A Luncheon Some years ago I added the photo below to the “From The Attic” section of the Spill. Today seemed a good day to post several photos from the book (dated 1955). Below: Eustace Tilley and Hors d’oeuvres, and Raoul Fleischmann, the fellow who put up the seed money for Harold Ross’s comic
Read moreThe Monday Tilley Watch is a meandering take on the cartoons in the current issue of The New Yorker. The New Yorker has gone through a number of survivable events in its 92 year history. It nearly folded in its first six months of existence, but survived when Raoul Fleischmann, its original backer, suddenly turned white knight, decided to pump more
Read moreIn the early 1925, when The New Yorker was just a few months old (its first issue was dated February 21, 1925) its main financial backer, Raoul Fleischmann decided to shut it down. If readership is a measure of success, the magazine was a failure. At 11:00 on a Friday
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