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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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 In this double issue: sixteen cartoons, seventeen cartoonists (Ed Steed has Spots). No duos, that we know of, and no newbies. The longest active cartoonist contributor in the issue is Roz Chast, whose first New Yorker
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Latest Additions to The Spill Library: Through the kindness of two friends of the Spill, two book deliveries arrived at my door this week. Here’s the first: What you see above, from the top down: The very first New Yorker Album …a heart-stopper whenever I see a dust-jacketed copy. This one has (amazingly, considering its age: 97 years) retained the
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