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Updated not-so-new New Yorkers

by Elissa Gershowitz
Jul 27, 2016 | Filed in Articles & Opinion
We just HAD to update this post to include this beautiful Kadir Nelson cover:

nelsonNewYorker By Kadir Nelson


Read 2011's Kadir Nelson Talks with Roger about Nelson's book Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African Americans and publisher Donna Bray's 2012 profile of Nelson.

PrinceNYer By Bob Staake (Click to see his Horn Book Magazine cover)


There are many more...here are a couple others of note.

By Frank Viva By Frank Viva

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I know this is not news, but, boy, there are a lot of New Yorker covers lately that were done by people (men) who are also illustrators. (Because my husband never throws them away, we've got a lot lying around.) Here's an array.

(Top) Kadir Nelson and Harry Bliss; (Bottom) Christoph Niemann and Liniers. (Top) Kadir Nelson and Harry Bliss; (Bottom) Christoph Niemann and Liniers.


Three covers by Barry Blitt. Three covers by Barry Blitt.

Elissa Gershowitz

Elissa Gershowitz is editor in chief of The Horn Book, Inc. She holds an MA from the Center for the Study of Children's Literature at Simmons University and a BA from Oberlin College.

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Andrea

So proud of you Elissa. I want to frame the covers of the magazines great Wall art.

Posted : Jul 31, 2016 11:23

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