Event Of Interest: Akeem Roberts At The Brooklyn Public Library
From The Brooklyn Public Library website, this notice of a February 24, 2026 appearance by Akeem Roberts, who began contributing to The New Yorker in 2019 (the issue of July 8th).
Note: Mr . Roberts is one of 52 New Yorker artists profiled in the book At Wit’s End: Cartoonists Of The New Yorker Magazine (Clarkson Potter).
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A New Yorker State Of Mind Dives Into The Issue Of January 25, 1935
A Spill fave blog A New Yorker State Of Mind: Reading Every Issue Of The New Yorker Magazine continues its very good work delving deep into archived New Yorker magazine contents.
Read the latest installment here.
—Cover by Alajalov.
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). Key collection: Conversation Pieces (The Studio Publications Inc., 1942) w/ commentary by Janet Flanner. A profile from The Saturday Evening Post.
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Product Watch: Steinberg At Walmart
Did you know that Walmart sells posters of New Yorker cover art? I didn’t, until today.
Here’s how Steinberg’s great October 20, 1975 New Yorker cover is described online (unless I’ve missed something, Steinberg is not identified as the artist):
Poster Art Vintage American Characters Cartoon Print, Fun New Yorker Poster, Retro 1975 Cover Art, Pop Culture Wall Decor, Wall Hanging, Size 8×12
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Steinberg’s A-Z Entry:
Saul Steinberg Born, June 15, 1914, Ramnic-Sarat, Rumania. Died in 1999. New Yorker work: 1941 – (The New Yorker publishes his work posthumously). Steinberg is one of the giants of The New Yorker. Go here to visit the saulsteinbergfoundation where you’ll find much essential information and examples of his work.