One hundred years ago today, February 21, 1925, The New Yorker published its first issue.

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You'd think that Dollar Tree would have the previous week's issues on sale for $1.25, but nooooooooooooooo.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/February_21

• 1925 – The New Yorker publishes its first issue.

Eustace Tilley


Tilley featured on the cover of the first issue of The New Yorker (dated
February 21, 1925) as a dandy of days past, as created by Rea Irvin

Eustace Tilley is a caricature that appeared on the cover of the first issue of The New Yorker in 1925 and has appeared on the cover in various forms of every anniversary issue of the magazine except 2017. He was not initially named, but acquired the name from Corey Ford in subsequent issues as part of a fictional magazine history backstory included to fill the early issues of the magazine. The original cover, showing Tilley examining a butterfly through his monocle, was drawn by Rea Irvin, but a younger and more modern-looking version of him as drawn by Johan Bull in subsequent months appeared throughout the magazine in its early years. This later version was given the name Tilley and subsequently the original cover was also declared to be Tilley. Because of the cover's prominence, almost all of the references to Tilley in the press discuss the Irvin version.

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Wed Feb 21, 2024: On this day, February 21, 1925, The New Yorker published its first issue.

Tue Feb 21, 2023: On this day, February 21, 1925, The New Yorker published its first issue.