I was under the weather over the past weekend and into the early part of this week. A cold probably. One late morning, all I wanted to do was be horizontal on the couch. I couldn’t work — I didn’t want to be looking at a computer, or read a book or newspaper. My wife happened through the living room,
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The New Yorker‘s First Winter Olympics Cover Constantin Alajalov leaves no doubt about the subject matter for his February 6 1932 cover. Alajalov’s A-Z Entry: Constantin Alajalov Born Constantin Aladjalov, 1900, Rostov-on-the-Don, Russia. Died Oct., 1987, Amenia, New York. New Yorker work: !926 -1960. Perhaps best known for his New Yorker covers ( he also supplied cover art to other publications).
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As I’ve entered my 49th year of contributing to The New Yorker I’ve become slightly more interested in knowing what I’ve been up to, drawings-wise, for all these years. I’ve always kept a list of what I’ve sold to the magazine, and for a while, I even kept track of when those drawings were published. But the latter part slipped
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Happy 101… The New Yorker Anniversary Issue Of February 16 & 23, 2026 The Cover: “Oh No!” It would have been a mind-blower to see Rea Irvin’s Eustace Tilley cover on the 101st Anniversary issue. Alas, ’twas not to be. Starting off The New Yorker‘s second century this week without Irvin’s Eustace was expected in these parts given that magazine’s
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