Some Long Ago Cartoonist Covers I recently went on a little online adventure searching for Corey Ford covers by New Yorker artists. Along the way I also found a cover on a non-Ford title. I’m showing it here because it’s so striking. The John Riddell Murder Case by John Riddell. 1930. Cover artist: Miguel Covarrubias The Gazelle’s Ears by Corey
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New Yorker Slide Show: “Oh, The Humidity!” Eighteen cartoons about the sticky icky, includes work by, among others, Helen Hokinson, Robert Weber, Liza Donnelly (shown to the left), Teresa Burns Parkhurst, Frank Cotham, Ali Solomon, Maggie Larson, and David Sipress. See
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The Monday Tilley Watch takes a glancing look at the art and artists of the latest issue of The New Yorker The Cover: fear. The Cartoonists & Cartoons: Fourteen cartoons, fifteen cartoonists (Roz Chast has a “Sketchbook”). No duos, that we know of. No newbies. The longest active contributing cartoonist in the issue is this cartoonist. Number of cartoons with cats:
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The Monday Tilley Watch Takes A Glancing Look At The Art & Artists Of The Latest Issue Of The New Yorker The Cover: Chilly. The Cartoonists & Cartoons: Twelve cartoons, thirteen cartoonists (Ed Steed has a Sketchbook). One duo, that we know of: Sophie Lucido Johnson and Sammi Skolmoski. The Spill counts duos as one cartoonist. No newbies in the issue.
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