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nevver:

On the Road cover design by the author himself

——comix:

Cover by Adrian Tomine.

newyorker:

We asked Chris Ware, who drew this week’s cover, “Mother’s Day,” to discuss the New Yorker covers that inspired him.

Since I draw more or less like a robot, it’s good to have something human to inspire me every once in a while. While I dutifully admire the manly, punchy gags of Peter Arno and Charles Addams, the “old school” New Yorker cover artists I think most about are actually all women. Ilonka Karasz’s bucolic diorama-like vistas and the unapologetic warm sentiment of Edna Eicke stir up fond memories of childhood with a tactile power truly unusual for drawings intended only for print.

See the past covers that have inspired Ware and his commentary here.

newyorker:

In this week’s issue, George Packer tells the stories of some of the Occupy protesters; Adam Gopnik explores “The Lord of the Rings,” “Twilight,” and young-adult fantasy books; James Surowiecki on Europe’s catastrophic stubbornness; Paul Slansky administers a debates quiz in Shouts & Murmurs; Lauren Collins on wireless network names [subscription required]; and more.

fantagraphics:

Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy by Sammy Harkham on Flickr.

A bit more info about this album cover illustration at our blog.

openlyfeminist:

Bad Girls, paperback cover by  James Alfred Meese, 1958

torncurtain:

Chris Ware