New Yorker Cover Artist, Istvan Banyai: 1949-2022 The New York Times has reported the death of Istvan Banyai, who, contributed “more than a dozen” covers to The New Yorker, including the one shown here. The Times notes that Mr. Banyai died in mid-December of 2022. From The Norman Rockwell Museum: “Istvan Banyai” Wikipedia entry: “Istvan Banyai” From The Conde
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80 Charles Addams Drawings Exhibited From NewsChannel5/Nashville, this video piece on an exhibit of drawings by Addams. Read more about the Cheekwood exhibit here. From the link, this description of the pieces: “…approximately eighty works of ink, gouache, and watercolor on paper spanning Addams’ career from the late 1930’s through his death in 1988” And remember: for much much more
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From The Spill’s Sports Desk: Chatfield’s Update Jason Chatfield (New Yorker cartoonist & New Yorker softball team member) has filed this update from the field: After a thrashing at the hands of Forbes in Riverside Park last week (15 to 1… oof!) The New Yorker Softball team had a victory in Central Park against longtime rivals The Paris Review last
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The Monday Tilley Watch Takes A Glancing Look At The Art & Artists Of The Latest Issue Of The New Yorker The Cover: bicycles The Cartoonists & Cartoons: Twelve cartoons, thirteen cartoonists (Emily Flake has a “Comic Strip”). One duo, that we know of (the Spill counts duos as one cartoonist). No newbies. The longest active contributor in the issue is
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