Although I’m 99.9% focused on New Yorker “stuff” the Spill library does include a number of non-New Yorker books — most all of them — but not all! — having to do with my budding, pre-New Yorker cartoonist years. I like to keep some of these books near where I work (the others are in another room in the company
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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 Cartoonists and Cartoons Sixteen cartoons, sixteen cartoonists. Two duos, that we know of (the Spill counts duos as one cartoonist). No newbies. The longest active contributing cartoonist in the issue is this cartoonist (I began contributing in 1977). This week’s
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A New Yorker State Of Mind Looks At The Eleventh Anniversary Issue (February 22, 1936). Of note: special attention is paid to the magazine’s first food critic, Sheila Hibben. Read it here! –Cover by Rea Irvin (of course!). ____________________________________________________________________ The Tilley Watch Online, February 23-27, 2026 An end of the week listing of New Yorker artists whose work has appeared
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Article Of interest: Bob Eckstein From the Winter 2026 Milford Journal, this article on Bob Eckstein. Besides contributing to The New Yorker (since 2007), Mr. Eckstein wears many other hats: editor, designer, author, World’s Leading Snowman expert! Visit his website here. ______________________________________________________________ Lynn Hsu & Carol Lasky Are The Latest Guests On The Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast A rare guest duo appearance
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