The Monday Tilley Watch takes a glancing look at the art and artists of the latest issue of The New Yorker

The Cartoonists and Cartoons

Eleven cartoons, thirteen cartoonists (Barry Blitt has the cover, and Roz Chast has a “Sketchbook”). No duos, that we know of. No newbies. The longest active contributing cartoonist in the lot is this cartoonist (I began contributing in 1977).

This week’s cartoons (in a slideshow).

This week’s Cartoon Caption Contest (Colin Tom provides the drawing for the latest contest)

The Rea Irvin Talk Watch

If you look through this latest issue of The New Yorker, I guarantee you will not find Rea Irvin’s classic Talk design (shown here) in the magazine. Instead, you’ll see a redrawn(!) version of Mr. Irvin’s work. The redraw showed up in May of 2017, replacing Irvin’s work that had been in place for 92 years. For some inexplicable (to me) reason, the redraw has stayed there ever since. The Spill continues to hope Rea Irvin’s work returns. Read more here.