Now That’s a Cover!
On this dreary January day here in the northeast, with a grey sky, and snow lingering at the edges of streets, I thought we could use a bit of blue. Here’s a fun cover from Leonard Dove. I love the simplicity of it, as well as Dove’s use of the magazine’s edge where we see the water splash.
As you can see from the entry below, Dove was a fixture at The New Yorker for close to 40 years contributing a substantial number of cartoons and covers. The above was his third cover for the magazine. As far as I know there has never been a collection of his work. A pity!
Mr. Dove’s A-Z Entry:
Leonard Dove (self portrait, 1941; photo: 1947) Born 1906, Great Yarmouth, England. Died, Gramercy Hotel, New York City, January, 1972. New Yorker work: Dec. 17, 1927 – Jan. 18, 1964. 57 New Yorker covers; 717 New Yorker cartoons.
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Attempted Bloggery Of Interest: Shannon Wheeler’s Contest Drawing
From Attempted Bloggery, January 11, 2026, “Annals Of Captioning: Collecting The Original Art”
— AB‘s Stephen Nadler on his recent adventures with The New Yorker‘s Caption Contest featuring a Shannon Wheeler drawing.