Every so often the Spill likes to take a look at the last cartoon published by one of the magazine’s artists. This week it’s a drawing by Peter Arno — the cartoonist the New Yorker‘s Roger Angell called “the magazine’s first genius.” I won’t go on and on here about why Arno is one of the magazine’s greatest — some
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A 32 Year Old New Yorker Cartoon Sampler
This being a Monday, the Monday Tilley Watch would normally be here, but last week’s issue was a double — we won’t see a new issue until next Monday. So here’s an addendum to yesterday’s post (about the magazine’s 60th anniversary album): A Cartoon Sampler, published in 1985 (wow, what a celebratory mood the magazine was in). Samplers were not
Read moreThe Monday Tilley Watch: The New Yorker Issue of October 2, 2017
The Monday Tilley Watch is a meandering take on the cartoons in the current issue of The New Yorker. October already? Well yes — that’s the way it is on magazine covers. Always one week ahead of reality (or if it’s a monthly, one month ahead of reality). The cover of this weeks issue, graphically speaking, reminded me of Gretchen
Read moreFave Photo of the Day: Dator & Le Lievre Down Under; Attempted Bloggery on Advertising Work By New Yorker Cartoonists; A Spill Note
Fave Photo of the Day Here’s Joe Dator, in the land down under with New Yorker cartoonist colleague, Glen Le Lievre, August 2017. Mr. Dator began contributing toThe New Yorker in 2006. Mr. Le Lievre began contributing toThe New Yorker in 2004. ____________________________________________________________________ Attempted Bloggery On Advertising Work by New Yorker Cartoonists I’d planned to briefly detour from the
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