A Great Cartoon I’ve a shortlist of remembered cartoons in my brain that never ever fail to amuse and inspire. Cartoons such as these are often referred to as “evergreens.” They’re not tied into current events, or a fad, or a word or phrase of the moment. I’m not going to list my favorite evergreens here, but will put
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This week’s republication of a 1936 James Thurber New Yorker cover sent me over the moon (honestly, any Thurber art on the cover would’ve). It also sent me back, via The New Yorker‘s online archive to that year’s covers, and cover artists. Anytime I look at issues of many years gone by I experience a that was then, this is
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The Tilley Watch Online, The Week Of August 14 -18, 2023 An end of the week listing of New Yorker artists whose work has appeared on newyorker.com features The Daily Cartoon: Sarah Kempa, Maggie Larson, Lynn Hsu, Anjali Chandrashekar, Emily Bernstein. Daily Shouts: Zoe Si, Adam
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A Box Of Steinberg & Steig Around thirty years ago I thought I’d begin keeping all the issues of The New Yorker with Steinberg or Steig covers in their own box, separate from other single issues I was collecting (hoarding?). This was a very bad idea. The biggest problem with that boxing idea is that I didn’t stick with
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