Comments on: New Yorker Anniversary edition showcases cartoon jam! http://www.comicsbeat.com/2010/02/08/new-yorker-anniversary-edition-showcases-cartoon-jam/ The News Blog of Comics Culture Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:20:27 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Gianco http://www.comicsbeat.com/2010/02/08/new-yorker-anniversary-edition-showcases-cartoon-jam/#comment-570 Gianco Wed, 10 Feb 2010 17:49:27 +0000 http://www.comicsbeat.com/2010/02/08/new-yorker-anniversary-edition-showcases-cartoon-jam/#comment-570 It's a big Eustace Tilly cover! It’s a big Eustace Tilly cover!

]]> By: maija http://www.comicsbeat.com/2010/02/08/new-yorker-anniversary-edition-showcases-cartoon-jam/#comment-438 maija Tue, 09 Feb 2010 05:49:13 +0000 http://www.comicsbeat.com/2010/02/08/new-yorker-anniversary-edition-showcases-cartoon-jam/#comment-438 Oops, never mind. Eustace Tilley is looking at the butterfly on the upper left cover through his monocle (which is formed very abstractly by the artist's bench with the palette and old telephone on it). Oops, never mind. Eustace Tilley is looking at the butterfly on the upper left cover through his monocle (which is formed very abstractly by the artist’s bench with the palette and old telephone on it).

]]> By: maija http://www.comicsbeat.com/2010/02/08/new-yorker-anniversary-edition-showcases-cartoon-jam/#comment-437 maija Tue, 09 Feb 2010 05:40:35 +0000 http://www.comicsbeat.com/2010/02/08/new-yorker-anniversary-edition-showcases-cartoon-jam/#comment-437 I can see Eustace, most obviously in the lower right cover--the sidewalk and flower garden are his collar and the tree is his neck. The rest is much more abstract. But those freaky, distorted butterflies obviously signify something as well. I can see Eustace, most obviously in the lower right cover–the sidewalk and flower garden are his collar and the tree is his neck. The rest is much more abstract. But those freaky, distorted butterflies obviously signify something as well.

]]> By: cbrown http://www.comicsbeat.com/2010/02/08/new-yorker-anniversary-edition-showcases-cartoon-jam/#comment-434 cbrown Tue, 09 Feb 2010 04:06:10 +0000 http://www.comicsbeat.com/2010/02/08/new-yorker-anniversary-edition-showcases-cartoon-jam/#comment-434 I don't know what the secret is, but I know my friend Noah Diamond was a winner in the reader design contest! http://www.newyorker.com/online/2010/02/15/slideshow_100215_eustacetilley#slide=11 I don’t know what the secret is, but I know my friend Noah Diamond was a winner in the reader design contest! http://www.newyorker.com/online/2010/02/15/slideshow_100215_eustacetilley#slide=11

]]> By: Mark Coale http://www.comicsbeat.com/2010/02/08/new-yorker-anniversary-edition-showcases-cartoon-jam/#comment-432 Mark Coale Tue, 09 Feb 2010 02:32:18 +0000 http://www.comicsbeat.com/2010/02/08/new-yorker-anniversary-edition-showcases-cartoon-jam/#comment-432 I looked for a copy today in a couple bookstores and didn't see any for sale. I guess they'll show up a day or so later, due to the snow. I looked for a copy today in a couple bookstores and didn’t see any for sale.

I guess they’ll show up a day or so later, due to the snow.

]]> By: michael http://www.comicsbeat.com/2010/02/08/new-yorker-anniversary-edition-showcases-cartoon-jam/#comment-429 michael Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:17:50 +0000 http://www.comicsbeat.com/2010/02/08/new-yorker-anniversary-edition-showcases-cartoon-jam/#comment-429 the only thing I see is that pink butterfly thingie in all of them. the only thing I see is that pink butterfly thingie in all of them.

]]> By: Torsten Adair http://www.comicsbeat.com/2010/02/08/new-yorker-anniversary-edition-showcases-cartoon-jam/#comment-424 Torsten Adair Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:48:40 +0000 http://www.comicsbeat.com/2010/02/08/new-yorker-anniversary-edition-showcases-cartoon-jam/#comment-424 Well, those clouds up there look to me like the map of the British Honduras on the Caribbean... that cloud up there looks a little like the profile of Thomas Eakins, the famous painter and sculptor... and that group of clouds over there gives me the impression of the Stoning of Stephen... I can see the Apostle Paul standing there to one side... Well, those clouds up there look to me like the map of the British Honduras on the Caribbean… that cloud up there looks a little like the profile of Thomas Eakins, the famous painter and sculptor… and that group of clouds over there gives me the impression of the Stoning of Stephen… I can see the Apostle Paul standing there to one side…

]]> By: Glenn Hauman http://www.comicsbeat.com/2010/02/08/new-yorker-anniversary-edition-showcases-cartoon-jam/#comment-416 Glenn Hauman Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:02:39 +0000 http://www.comicsbeat.com/2010/02/08/new-yorker-anniversary-edition-showcases-cartoon-jam/#comment-416 The four covers, when combined, get you a plastic rin-- oh all right, they all combine to make a big Eustace Tilly cover. Squint at the four together and you can see it. The four covers, when combined, get you a plastic rin– oh all right, they all combine to make a big Eustace Tilly cover. Squint at the four together and you can see it.

]]> By: & http://www.comicsbeat.com/2010/02/08/new-yorker-anniversary-edition-showcases-cartoon-jam/#comment-413 & Mon, 08 Feb 2010 21:37:19 +0000 http://www.comicsbeat.com/2010/02/08/new-yorker-anniversary-edition-showcases-cartoon-jam/#comment-413 ha! Seeing how it's an anniversary and all, maybe that sidewalk could use a boutonnière... ha! Seeing how it’s an anniversary and all, maybe that sidewalk could use a boutonnière…

]]> By: Richard http://www.comicsbeat.com/2010/02/08/new-yorker-anniversary-edition-showcases-cartoon-jam/#comment-404 Richard Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:43:10 +0000 http://www.comicsbeat.com/2010/02/08/new-yorker-anniversary-edition-showcases-cartoon-jam/#comment-404 ...drink more ovaltine...? …drink more ovaltine…?

]]> By: Al™ http://www.comicsbeat.com/2010/02/08/new-yorker-anniversary-edition-showcases-cartoon-jam/#comment-393 Al™ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 19:39:29 +0000 http://www.comicsbeat.com/2010/02/08/new-yorker-anniversary-edition-showcases-cartoon-jam/#comment-393 Just a guess, but maybe a big numeral "85" that is made when all the covers are put together. Just a guess, but maybe a big numeral “85″ that is made when all the covers are put together.

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