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
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Cuneo’s Klam Drawings; Sikoryak Illustrates Trumpisms; Finck Covers Closet and a Novel
Cuneo’s Klam Drawings What fun! New Yorker cover artist and illustrator, John Cuneo, has supplied illustrations for Matthew Klam’s latest book, Who Is Rich?: A Novel ; what’s fun, besides Mr. Cuneo’s work — called “…darkly humorous…” in The Washington Post’s review of the book — is that the novel’s main character is a…cartoonist. Here’s how the
Read moreHappy 92nd, Henry Martin!; Tom Toro Talks Trump
Ink Spill wishes the wonderful Henry Martin a very Happy Birthday! He celebrated his 92nd a few days ago. Mr. Martin’s first New Yorker drawing was published August 15, 1964 — he went on to contribute nearly 700 more. In his honor here’s a 2014 interview brought to this site’s attention by David Pomerantz. It was conducted by Mr. Martin’s
Read moreTom Toro: The Ink Spill Interview
New Yorker cartoonist, Tom Toro and I’ve been emailing now and then over the seven years he’s been contributing cartoons to the magazine, but it wasn’t until a month ago, when he came east from Kansas for Jack Ziegler’s memorial, that we finally met in person and were able to chat for awhile. The idea for an interview had been batted
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