It’s Easter Sunday, which means this rejected cover attempt of mine from many many years ago has been dusted off and posted. I’d be a liar if I didn’t admit to a bit of Addams influence in the piece. Eckstein & Shaw “Cartoon Pad” Podcast Debuts The fellows who brought you The Elements Of Stress have debuted a bi-weekly
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Monday Tilley Watch: The New Yorker Issue Of April 5, 2021
The Monday Tilley Watch Takes A Glancing Look At Some Of The Art & Artists Of The Latest Issue Of The New Yorker The Cover: Read a brief Q&A with the cover artist here. The Cartoonists: A baker’s dozen number of cartoonists (Emily Flake has a “Sketchpad); a dozen cartoons. No newbies, no duos (that we know of). The Cartoons:
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The Friday Spill: A New Website For (Among Other Things) Cartoons That Can Be Understood In Four Seconds; Attempted Bloggery Remembers The 21 Club (And Its Cartoon Art); Penguins in Snow
Michael Gerber, the fellow who’s behind the wonderful humor magazine The American Bystander, has unveiled a new website, The 251, “dedicated to publishing prose 251 words or shorter, and cartoons that don’t take longer than four seconds to figure out.” (above: Tom Chitty‘s design for the 251) By the way, if you love cartoon elephants, you’ll be thrilled by this
Read moreThe Weekend Spill: Cartoonists Offer #Cartoonrelief To Those Hit Hardest By Covid-19; The Tilley Watch Online, March 30 – April 3, 2020; Tom Gauld’s Collection Reviewed
_____________________________________ While checking in on a New Yorker cartoonist Slack group a few days ago I noticed a number of my cartoonist colleagues had begun using their art to help those in need during this pandemic. I asked if one of the organizers would explain in detail what they were up to. So here is my New Yorker cartoonist colleague,
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