The Monday Tilley Watch is a meandering take on the cartoons in the current issue of The New Yorker. The week begins with the eclipse eclipsing political news, if only for a moment. Good luck with that, eclipse. As noted here last week the cover of the new issue (dated August 28, 2017) has received more notice than usual. Read
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The Monday Tilley Watch
The Monday Tilley Watch is a meandering take on the cartoons in the current issue of The New Yorker. Expecting something political on the July 31st cover it was a surprise when Javier Mariscal‘s water’s edge pastoral popped up on my screen (I’m looking at the digital version of the magazine; I’ll look at the print version when
Read moreShow of Interest: Tom Bachtell’s Talk of The Town Illustrations; Whither MAD Magazine?; Roz Chast’s Tiny Shirts
Show of Interest If you’ve opened up the New Yorker to The Talk of The Town you’ve seen Tom Bachtell’s work. Now you can see the drawings in person at The Bower Center For the Arts . Here’s a fine article about the exhibit and Mr. Bachtell. Link here to Tom Bachtell’s website. _________________________________________________________________________ Whither MAD Magazine? Every so often
Read moreThe Talk of The Town’s Tom Bachtell is Pencilled; Liza Donnelly: “Cartooning the New President”; From the Spill’s Library: Another Spot Artist
Tom Bachtell, whose wonderful spot drawings are featured weekly in the New Yorker‘s Talk of The Town section is the subject of Jane Mattimoe’s Case For Pencils this week. Check it out here. ____________________________________________________________________ Liza Donnelly on drawing the new President (with a selection of her latest cartoons). See it here. ________________________________________________________ As long as the subject of
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