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 Twelve cartoons, thirteen cartoonists (Harry Bliss has illustrated a Shouts & Murmurs). There are two duos (the Spill counts duos as one cartoonist). No newbies. The longest active contributing cartoonist is Roz Chast, whose first New
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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 Sixteen cartoonists, sixteen cartoons. No newbies. No duos, that we know of. Cover artist, Marcellus Hall, has Spots. The longest active contributing cartoonist is Roz Chast, whose first New Yorker drawing was published July 3, 1978.
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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: Fourteen cartoons, fifteen cartoonists (Barry Blitt has a Sketchpad). One duo, that we know of (the Spill considers duos as one cartoonist). One newbie: Dan Mirk, who is the 7th addition this year to the magazine’s
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Weedsy: The “E” In “THE” If you enjoy weedsy, this Spill entry is for you. The other day I was looking at Rea Irvin’s cover art for the very first issue of The New Yorker when I noticed something I’d never noticed before: the lowest arm of the “E” in the word “THE” has a bit of an angle to
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