February 17 and 24, 2025

This is the 100th anniversary issue, with MULTIPLE covers by Rea Irvin (who created the original signature Eustace Tilley character, the classic NY character looking at butterfly with an eyepiece), Diana Ejaita, Anita Kunz, Javier Mariscal, Camila Rosa, and Kerry James Marshall. Probably a collectors item, so go get one, and then settle down with […]

February 10, 2025

Tom Gauld did the cover for this issue, the dreary day with the warm inside scene. Be sure to click that link and visit his site. He has a new book called Physics for Cats which I will now order. As I write this the fascist takeover of the US government under Drumpf and Mush […]

February 3, 2025

Kadir Nelson created the cover art with pigeons flying around a person who seems to be on a rooftop. The online edition indicates that this cover concept was put forth by Françoise Mouly, the art editor at The New Yorker since 1993. Reminder: these reviews are only useful, if at all, if you have a […]

January 27, 2025

This is the issue with a cover by Till Lauer showing palms trees against deep red, presumably flames. This is about the LA fires, but for me also resonates with other current horrors. Reminder: this page of reviews is only useful, if at all, if you have a print copy of this issue of The […]

January 20, 2025

This is the issue with a cover by Barry Blitt showing Musk taking the oath of office along with Trump. (We suggest you click that link to visit his site and at least check out the names of his top navigation choices.) Reminder: this page of reviews is only useful, if at all, if you […]

January 13, 2025

This is the issue with a cover by Roz Chast, which, to be honest I didn’t entirely understand, but I loved it anyway. This page of reviews is only useful, if at all, if you have a print copy of this issue of The New Yorker in front of you and you want to compare […]

January 6, 2024

A combined issue for December 30, 2024 and January 6, 2025. It has a lovely colorful cover illustration by Diana Ejaita, along with a major article about the sexual abuse in the family of Alice Munroe. But we are here to talk about the cartoons. This page of reviews is only useful, if at all, […]