The Cover: A NYC subway situation, by Luci Gutierrez. The Cartoonists: The Cartoons: Every first run through the cartoons in the latest issue of The New Yorker I feel as if I’m browsing the goods behind glass in a pastry shop’s display case, appreciating the variety, before beginning to narrow down which one to select, if in the buying mood.
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James Stevenson Documentary Film “Lost And Found” Draws New Yorker Cartoonists; The Daily Cartoonist & Cartoon (Yesterday’s &Today’s); Meet The Artist (1943): James Thurber; New Yorker Cartoons In Augmented Reality
James Stevenson Documentary Film,”Lost And Found” Draws New Yorker Cartoonists A special screening of “Stevenson Lost And Found,” a wonderful documentary film about the late great New Yorker artist and writer, attracted a number of cartoonists last week to the Made In New York Media Center. Here’s the crowd, post-screening, along with the late Mr. Stevenson’s wife, Josie Merck, (who
Read moreThe Monday Tilley Watch, The New Yorker Issue Of November 4, 2019
The 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,
Read moreThe Monday Tilley Watch, The New Yorker, October 14, 2019
The Cover: Ed Steed returns with his second New Yorker cover, and like his first (August 26th of this year) it’s a winner. Read the magazine’s Q&A with Mr. Steed about his cover here. The Cartoonists & Cartoons: A number of drawings of special note in this issue: A fab mouse drawing (it’s on page 30) by the great Sam
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