The Monday Tilley Watch takes a glancing look at the art and artists of the latest issue of The New Yorker The Cover: Steedy indeedy. The Cartoonists & Cartoons Thirteen cartoons, fourteen cartoonists (Ed Steed has the cover). Two duos, that we know of (the Spill counts duos as one cartoonist). No newbies. The longest active contributing cartoonist in the
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A 1972 Cartoon Collection Here’s a paperback cartoon collection I’d never seen until yesterday. Lee Lorenz, the late great New Yorker artist and art/cartoon editor, provided the cover drawing. The scans come to us via a good friend of the Spill, Steve Stoliar. My thanks to him for sharing. Published in 1972, by Dell, with “all funds realized from the
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The New Yorker Issue Of January 1, 1979 Yesterday, while in the Spill library, I closed my eyes for a moment and grabbed a bound volume of New Yorkers off the shelf. By happy accident, I selected January-February 1979. Opening to the first issue I saw this: Although there have been many many great New Yorker New Year’s covers
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Personal History: A Tilley Box Under The Tree It’s not unusual that our family here at Spill headquarters is New Yorker-centric. Years ago, my New Yorker colleague (& wife), Liza Donnelly and I told CBS News that our kids grew up speaking cartoon. They can usually ID which cartoonist we’re talking about just by hearing the cartoonist’s first name: For
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