The Monday Tilley Watch Takes A Glancing Look At The Art & Artists Of The Latest Issue Of The New Yorker The Cover: Ukraine-centric The Cartoonists And Cartoons: Thirteen cartoons, fourteen cartoonists (Ed Steed takes care of the “spots” in this issue). The Spill counts duos as one cartoonist. There’s one duo in the issue (that we know of): Liza Donnelly
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Happy 95th, George Booth! Our very best wishes to New Yorker cartoon god, George Booth! The Spill‘s George Booth entry: George Booth Born June 28, 1926, Cainesville, MO. New Yorker work: June 14, 1969 – . Key collections: Think Good Thoughts About A Pussycat (Dodd, Mead, 1975), Rehearsal’s Off! (Dodd, Mead, 1976), Omnibooth: The Best of George Booth (Congdon
Read moreDespite some internet challenges here at the Spill‘s temporary headquarters, I’m going to attempt a Monday Tilley Watch… The Cover: The debut cover by artist, Grace Lynne Haynes. Read Francoise Mouly’s Q&A with her here. The Cartoonists: The Cartoons: One of my favorite issues of the year, every year, is the early August New Yorker (in this instance, we have
Read moreRobert Leighton’s New Book: Just out from Workman, Puzzlelopedia, by long-time New Yorker cartoonist and puzzle meister, Robert Leighton (with fellow Puzzability team members Amy Goldstein and Mike Shink). Spill visitors might remember this piece on one of Mr. Leighton’s classic New Yorker drawings (below). Here’s Mr. Leighton’s entry on the Spill‘s A-Z: Robert Leighton Born May 23, 1960, Long
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