Tag Archives: The New Yorker

Tokyo meets The New Yorker

Posted on July 26, 2022 by Brian D. Butler

Way back in 2017 I shared a story about a marvelous art and design project that creates faux-magazine covers called , The Tokyoiter, and was reminded of it by a recent post in a blog that I follow. The concept, … Continue reading →

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Might as well just stay home

Posted on August 28, 2021 by Brian D. Butler

I really emjoyed this riff on New Yorker covers created by Tokyo-based artist and designer Luis Mendo. If you liked them as much as I do, check-out his other work and consider buying prints or postcards too.  

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Certainement pas The New Yorker

Posted on March 26, 2021 by Brian D. Butler

Over the years, I’ve seen quite a few attempts to pay homage to the brilliant cover art of the iconic The New Yorker magazine. None compares to the creativity of the project called The Brusseler  from Belgium’s Maison de L’Image … Continue reading →

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The rescue will begin in its own time

Posted on June 28, 2020 by Brian D. Butler

I was really impressed by this illustration for the June 29 issue of The New Yorker magazine by Matt Willey. It accompanies ‘The Rescue Will Begin in Its Own Time‘, a series of short pieces by Franz Kafka that have not been … Continue reading →

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NYC: A Day in the Life

Posted on April 28, 2020 by Brian D. Butler

The cover of this week’s New Yorker magazine features a wonderful still life by cartoonist   Chris Ware. He drew several vignettes of New York City arranged in his now iconic grid to accompany this incredible piece about a single day … Continue reading →

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Not The New Yorker

Posted on February 13, 2020 by Brian D. Butler

As an unapologetic fan of Wes Anderson films, I have been looking forward to the release of his upcoming movie The French Dispatch. Although we still have to wait until July 24, 2020 to see it, the trailer and a fun … Continue reading →

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Not Quite The New Yorker

Posted on December 5, 2017 by Brian D. Butler

The Not Yorker is an unofficial, unaffiliated site that collects and curates rejected New Yorker magazine cover illustrations. The project is the work of three Brooklyn-based illustrators still aiming for their own covers.

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The New Yorker in Tokyo

Posted on August 7, 2017 by Brian D. Butler

The Tōkyōiter is a brilliant project from Tokyo-based artists Andrew Joyce and David Roberts, along with a disparate group of Japanese and European illustrators. Riffing on the iconic format of The New Yorker magazine cover, they created an imaginary periodical for Tokyo incorporating … Continue reading →

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Who Is Eustace Tilley ?

Posted on February 18, 2015 by Brian D. Butler

This month the iconic magazine The New Yorker is celebrating its 90th anniversary. To mark the milestone, the publication is being printed with nine different covers. Popular artists, including Peter Mendelsund, Roz Chast, Carter Goodrich, and Kadir Nelson, have riffed … Continue reading →

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