A Trusty Summertime Quartet I’ve written before about the summertime New Yorker reading that awaits when my cartoonist colleague (and wife) Liza Donnelly and I make our annual trek to Maine. In that piece about summer reading I didn’t mention the quartet of older New Yorker magazines that also remain year after year in “Vacationland” (we continue working while here, so
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A Soglow Miscellany Otto Soglow’s been gone for quite awhile now (he died in 1975) but his Little King lives on, at least in hearts, minds, “vintage” merch, books, and through online searches (Google
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We’re halfway through the two weeks of a double issue (January 2 & 9, 2023), meaning no “Monday Tilley Watch” til next Monday. The good news for cartoonists is that we’re back to submitting work this week after two weeks “off” (many of us do not stop working and continue on). In the meantime, here’s George Booth’s fabulous January 9,
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Jason Chatfield’s Substack Jason Chatfield (the Spill‘s Sports correspondent) has a new Substack, “New York Cartoons.” It leads off with “Coming To America” — fun (free!) interesting writing (and more) from Mr. Chatfield who began contributing to The New Yorker in 2017. You can subscribe here. ___________________________________________________________________ 68 Years Ago In The New Yorker I keep a list of all
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