The first time I saw this album I was rooting through boxes of books at a yard sale. My first thought, just seeing the cover (and before picking up the book) was that this was a galley. The cover, mostly white and devoid of drawings except for Rea Irvin’s Eustace Tilley floating in an orange oval frame, reminded me of
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The Monday Tilley Watch: The New Yorker issue of September 25, 2017
The Monday Tilley Watch is a meandering take on the cartoons in the current issue of The New Yorker. As this is the Style Issue I decided to tackle the issue while listening to Starring Fred Astaire, a set of songs recorded by Mr. Astaire between 1936 through 1940. What a great photograph. What style. What a great top hat.
Read moreFave Photo of The Weekend: Leighton, Byrnes & Krimstein
Here’s a fun photo of three exceptionally fine fellows: (l-r) Robert Leighton, Pat Byrnes, and Ken Krimstein. Also of note in the photo: a lot of bagels, a Strand bookstore mug, and a tall mug or cup bearing a photo that appears on The Beatles Live at the BBC, Vol. 2. Photo: Evanston, Illinois, 2016. Courtesy of Alex
Read moreThe Ink Spill Jack Ziegler Interview
Jack Ziegler, recently referred to on this site as the Godfather of Contemporary New Yorker Cartoonists, has been contributing to the magazine since February of 1974. Now in 2016 he is solidly in the K Crowd — meaning he’s published well over a thousand cartoons and one cover in The New Yorker (we’ll get to the cover later). Considering that
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