Weekend Spill: The Tilley Watch Online, October 30 – November 3, 2023: Steinberg For Schweppes

The Tilley Watch Online, October 30 – November 3, 2023

An end of the week listing of New Yorker artists whose work has appeared on newyorker.com features

The Daily Cartoon: Lynn Hsu, Elisabeth McNair, Ali Solomon, Jon Adams, Mark Thompson, Brendan Loper.

Daily Shouts: Ali Fitzgerald.

Barry Blitt’s Kvetchbook: “Running Gag: Trump Speaks!”

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Steinberg For Schweppes

It’s no secret that Steinberg did advertising work. But coming across adwork by Steinberg is still a little jarring.  

In my continued exploration of three recent bound volumes added to the Spill library, I saw this full page Schweppes ad in the issue of June 10, 1950. 

If you take the Schweppes signage out of the drawing, you’re left with a successful stand alone Steinberg drawing. The drawing improves, I think, without the advertising. 

On a different track: I couldn’t help but think of two popular usages of a large hand in popular culture: Monty Python’s (Terry Gilliam’s) animated hand,  and “Glove” In The Beatles animated Yellow Submarine. 

 

 

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