The Cover: The ninth coronavirus-themed cover out of the last ten issues. Here’s a Q&A with cover artist, Christoph Mueller. From the Dept. of Broken Records: sorry, but do New Yorker covers really need titles? This one would be fine standing all by itself. The Cartoonists: Let Us Now Praise George Booth’s Auto Repair Shop Cartoons In a departure for
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The Monday Tilley Watch, The New Yorker Issue Of January 13, 2020
A few thoughts on the art in the latest issue of The New Yorker… The Cover: a moment in a museum, courtesy of Bruce McCall (read a Q&A with him here). The second cover in a row with ( for me) a retro feel to it. I could see Charles Addams doing something like this, or the late great Richard
Read moreThe Monday Tilley Watch, The New Yorker Issue Of November 4, 2019
The Cover: Without heading to the Table Of Contents and reading the title for this cover I’m going to guess it’s a comment on city noise. I’ve always felt New Yorker covers should work stand alone, without explanation, or description. This was the practice until Tina Brown’s revamp of the magazine, beginning with the issue of October 5, 1992. Okay,
Read moreThe Monday Tilley Watch, The New Yorker Issue Of September 30, 2019
The Cover: Christoph Niemann returns for the Technology Issue. Read Francoise Mouly’s Q&A with him about his cover. The Cartoonists & Cartoons: Electronically flipping through this new issue (appropriately enough for the Technology Issue) I was happy that the cartoons just kept-a-comin’; there are seventeen of them to be exact. All of them are placed well (i.e., they have plenty
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