The Cover: This is Malika Favre’s seventh cover for The New Yorker (according to the Contributors info on page 4). An exceptionally decorative cover for “The Style Issue”… Read more here. The Cartoonists: The Cartoons: A very Charles Addamsy David Sipress drawing this week (that’s a compliment, of course). Cartoon placement on the page has been mentioned here numerous times:
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The Wednesday Tilley Watch: Parker, Gerberg, Chast, Donnelly & More…
Items of interest this mid-week: Two reminders of upcoming events. On January 29, the great illustrator Robert Andrew Parker (shown below), whose work has appeared numerous times in The New Yorker, will be featured at The New York Comics & Picture-story Symposium. Details here. ________________________________________ On January 30th, Long-time cartoonist Mort Gerberg will be in conversation with The New Yorker‘s
Read moreNew Yorker Caption Contest Friday
This being the end of the traditionally news-less week (for New Yorker cartoons and cartoonists) leading up to the new year, I thought why not dedicate today’s post to the New Yorker‘s Caption Contest. Last time I checked, the contest had reached its 644th offering (with a windmill drawing by Bob Eckstein). Background: every time I’ve been
Read moreBook Of Interest: I Think, Therefore I Draw
Published a couple of weeks ago, I Think, Therefore I Draw: Understanding Philosophy Through Cartoons (Penguin) includes enough New Yorker cartoons (among a number of non-New Yorker cartoons) to mention here. The New Yorker cartoonists represented (in order of their appearance): Paul Noth, John McNamee, Tom Cheney, Danny Shanahan, P.C. Vey, David Sipress, George Booth, Avi Steinberg, Amy Hwang, Leo
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