Some Long Ago Cartoonist Covers I recently went on a little online adventure searching for Corey Ford covers by New Yorker artists. Along the way I also found a cover on a non-Ford title. I’m showing it here because it’s so striking. The John Riddell Murder Case by John Riddell. 1930. Cover artist: Miguel Covarrubias The Gazelle’s Ears by Corey
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The New Yorker’s First New Year’s Cover It seems only right that the New Yorker began a new year with a cover by Rea Irvin, and that Irvin would include Eustace Tilley (appearing, cuckoo clock-like at the stroke of midnight). It was Irvin’s 9th cover in approximately ten months. Tilley made two other appearances in the same issue (not counting
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A Very Happy ’26 To All! –Above: a long long ago rejected New Yorker cover idea (one of many!). I dust it off on the first day of every new year. Note: Thurber
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Interview Of Interest With Liza Donnelly From Two Moons, December 2025, “Conversation With Liza Donnelly: Drawing Power, Humor, And Women’s Lives Into View” Liza Donnelly began contributing to The New Yorker in 1979. She is the co-director (with Kathleen Hughes) of the 2025 documentary film, Women Laughing. _______________________________________________________ New New Yorker Shouts & Murmurs Feature Of Interest: Mary
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