The Monday Tilley Watch, The New Yorker (Double) Issue Of April 26 & May 3, 2021; A 1957 Edward Frascino Drawing Is Found; Bishakh Som’s “Apsara Engine” Wins LA Times Best Graphic Novel/Comics Of 2020

The Monday Tilley Watch Takes A Glancing Look At The Art & Artists Of The Latest Issue Of The New Yorker The Cover: Bruce McCall downsizes the Chrysler Building. Here’s a link to a brief Q&A with the artist (bonus: within this Q&A there’s a link to his current exhibit of work at The New York Historical Society). The Issue:

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Weekend Spill: Tilley Watch Online, The Week Of January 4-8, 2021; More Spills: Barney Tobey, William Steig

The Tilley Watch Online: An end of week listing of artists contributing to newyorker.com features, January 4 – 8, 2021 The Daily Cartoon: Tim Hamilton, Brendan Loper, David Ostow, Zoe Si, Sofia Warren, Sarah Kempa. Daily Shouts: J.A.K (with Evan Waite), Olivia de Recat (with Julia Edelman), Barry Blitt’s Kvetchbook: “Donald Trump: Fire-Breather” & “Hello, Georgia?” Culture Desk: Emily Flake,

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Friday Spill: Peter Arno, Born 117 Years Ago Today; Early Release: New Yorker’s January 18, 2021 Cover; Daily Cartoonists & Cartoons

  Seven years ago I received an anonymous gift through the mail: an interesting copy of Peter Arno’s 1931 collection of drawings, Hullabaloo.  The book was obviously well-loved as it included a stack of clipped drawings (mostly cartoons) and glued-in clippings (cartoons by Arno, some by his New Yorker colleagues). One of the pasted-in clippings is a piece by Selma

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Weekend Spill: The Tilley Watch Online, December 14-18, 2020

An end of week listing of New Yorker artists contributing to newyorker.com features The Daily Cartoon: Adam Douglas Thompson, Liza Donnelly, Kim Warp, David Sipress, Ward Sutton (with a Bonus Daily), Tim Hamilton Daily Shouts:  Emma Allen (The New Yorker‘s Cartoon Editor): A Sampling Of The Best Shouts Of 2020; Zoe Si: “Some 2020 ‘Feel Good’ Holiday Movies” Video Department:

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