The latest issue is themed: The Mind Issue. Don’t mind me if I zip through the issue this week. Seeing the cover pop up digitally this morning I immediately thought of Steinberg’s 1961 collection,The Labyrinth (I also thought how much I dislike seeing drawings of or photos of brains. Squeamish, I guess). This type of a cartoon-look-inside-the-head drawing goes way
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The Monday Tilley Watch: The New Yorker Issue of March 26, 2018
The cat, or, uh, cover’s been outta the bag for several days now, so we can move right on to the cartoons in the issue. (I’ll mention Rea Irvin‘s missing masthead later on in this post). Roz Chast has the first drawing (p.19). The setting of several folks lined up on a sofa hard up against a wall seems to
Read moreThe Monday Tilley Watch: The New Yorker Issue of January 15 2018; Happy 114th Birthday, Peter Arno
The Monday Tilley Watch is a meandering take on the cartoons in the current issue of The New Yorker. I don’t know about you, but after I’ve looked through the cartoons of each new issue of The New Yorker I have the kind of immediate reaction I have after sitting through a movie. As I begin walking up the aisle,
Read morePhotos of Interest: George Booth Event at the Society of Illustrators; Interview of Interest: Tom Toro; Lecture of Interest: Karasik & Newgarden; Brendan Loper’s Town Square; Book of Interest: Peter Kuper
Photos of Interest: George Booth Event at The Society of Illustrators As visitors to this site know, there’s an exhibit of work by George Booth at The Society of Illustrators. The show is a real treat. Last night Mr. Booth was on stage in front of a packed house, telling stories and answering questions. Here are some photos, courtesy of
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