The Monday Tilley Watch takes a glancing look at the art and artists of the latest issue of The New Yorker The Cartoonists and Cartoons: Eleven cartoons, eleven cartoonists. No duos, that we know of. No newbies. The longest active contributing cartoonist in the issue is Roz Chast, whose first New Yorker drawing appeared in the issue of July 3, 1978.
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Rea Irvin After Rea Irvin? We all know Rea Irvin’s first cover: For Mr. Irvin’s November 26th 1927 cover, I wonder if he was inspired by his most famous work: Side-by-side: __________________________________________________ Rea Irvin’s A-Z Entry: Rea Irvin (pictured above. Self portrait above from Meet the Artist) Born, San Francisco, 1881; died in the Virgin Islands,1972. Irvin was the cover artist
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The Monday Tilley Watch takes a glancing look at the art and artists of the latest issue of The New Yorker Cartoonists and Cartoons Thirteen cartoons, thirteen cartoonists. No duos, that we know of. One newbie: Edith Zimmerman, who is the third addition to the magazine’s cartoonist colosseum this year, and the 168th brought in since Emma Allen took the cartoon
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The Monday Tilley Watch takes a glancing look at the art and artists of the latest issue of The New Yorker The Cartoonists and Cartoons Eighteen new cartoons, nineteen cartoonists (Brendan Loper has a Sketchpad). No newbies. One duo, that we know of (the Spill counts duos as one cartoonist). The longest active cartoonist contributor in the issue is this cartoonist.
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