The Cartoonists and Cartoons Sixteen cartoons, eighteen cartoonists (Liana Finck has a Sketchpad; Barry Blitt has the cover). One duo, that we know of (the Spill counts duos as one cartoonist). No newbies. Always good to see a drawing by the late great Sam Gross.* This week’s cartoons in a slideshow This week’s Cartoon Caption Contest (Meredith Southard provides
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Early Release Cover From time-to-time The New Yorker early releases its upcoming cover (usually the new cover is revealed online, on Monday morning at 6a.m.(EST). Here’s Barry Blitt‘s March 16, 2026 cover: _____________________________________________________________________ Tilley Watch Online, The Week Of March 2-6, 2026 An end of the week listing of New Yorker artists whose work has appeared on newyorker.com features Daily
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Coming Across A New Yorker “Moment” The other day I sat down with a newly acquired bound volume of The New Yorker that includes issues from the Fall and Winter of 1925. Looking at an actual print magazine has always been, for me, a far better experience than looking at an online digital issue; the cover colors are richer; the
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Here’s something you don’t see too often* (not including parody issues): Eustace Tilley “visiting” another magazine’s cover. The cover illustrator: Kaitlin Brito. Paper Airplane is publishing its first paper issue, and if you look beyond the table in the foreground on the issue’s cover, you’ll see Tilley’s coat and hat, and Ms. Brito’s version of Tilley, seated, with a cup
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