The Issue: This is the “Power Issue,” appropriately enough for an issue dated the day before the election. The issue includes a star contributor: Barack Obama, The 44th President of The United States. The Cover: Richard McGuire’s cover design reminds me a little of the 1960s television show, The Time Tunnel. You can read a Q&A with Mr. McGuire here
Read moreLooking at the new issue I felt a bit like “Vacuum Man” from the Beatles animated film Yellow Submarine — you know, the creature who sucks up everything around it, including itself. After what seemed like eternity during the double issue two week span, I was eager to in-take and take-in the cartoons. Left: Vacuum Man is the guy
Read moreThe fiction issue, and it’s a double. The next Monday Tilley Watch won’t be posted til the 15th, which seems like a long way away at the moment. As has been the case since the magazine became a work-at-home situation, the digital issue is not yet posted (writing this noonish). I’ll use the slideshow found here (you’ll have to scroll
Read moreThe Cover: Without heading to the Table Of Contents and reading the title for this cover I’m going to guess it’s a comment on city noise. I’ve always felt New Yorker covers should work stand alone, without explanation, or description. This was the practice until Tina Brown’s revamp of the magazine, beginning with the issue of October 5, 1992. Okay,
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