The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #934 appeared in the issue of March 3, 2025. A realtor is showing a couple of potential buyers a home that exists in the form of a floor plan. The realtor speaks. The drawing is by Ellis Rosen.
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| "The previous owner flatlined." |
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Three works of original art by cartoonist Roz Chast are included in "Covering The New Yorker," the exhibition currently showing at L'Alliance New York.
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| Roz Chast Original art The New Yorker, October 1, 1990 |
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| Roz Chast Original art The New Yorker, October 1, 1990 |
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Venus on the Beach Roz Chast Original art The New Yorker, August 4, 2014 |
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Venus on the Beach Roz Chast The New Yorker, August 4, 2014 |
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Cruellest Month Roz Chast Original art The New Yorker, January 29, 2018 |
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Cruellest Month Roz Chast The New Yorker, January 29, 2018 |
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| Nadine's First "Ma'am" Roz Chast Original art The New Yorker, November 21, 1983, p. 169 |
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| Nadine's First "Ma'am" Roz Chast The New Yorker, November 21, 1983, p. 169 |
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| With an advertisement for Seiko and a cartoon by Roz Chast |
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| Asexual Harassment Original art Roz Chast The New Yorker, October 26, 1998, p. 200 |
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| Asexual Harassment Roz Chast The New Yorker, October 26, 1998, p. 200 |
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| With a drawing by Roz Chast and a spot drawing by an unidentified artist |
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| Fishing spot drawing Artist Unidentified The New Yorker, October 26, 1998, p. 201 |
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Jean-Michel Folon shows us his keen sense of direction on the cover of the December 3, 1966, New Yorker. The original art is being exhibited at the Society of Illustrators, part of "Drawn From The New Yorker: A Centennial Celebration." The show is curated by Liza Donnelly. People who would like to see original New Yorker art of this outstanding quality should head over to the show by March 12, after which it will be downsized.
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| Jean-Michel Folon Original art The New Yorker, December 3, 1966 |
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| Jean-Michel Folon The New Yorker, December 3, 1966 |
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There is one example of Saul Steinberg's New Yorker cover art in the exhibition "Covering The New Yorker" at L'Alliance New York. Unusually, it made the journey directly from sketchbook page to New Yorker cover.
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| The Man in the Mirror Saul Steinberg Original art The New Yorker, January 12, 1998 |
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| The Man in the Mirror Saul Steinberg The New Yorker, January 12, 1998 |
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| Lunar New Year Sarula Bao Signed Print, no. 31/50 The New Yorker, February 5, 2024 |
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| Lunar New Year Sarula Bao The New Yorker, February 5, 2024 |
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Saul Steinberg's New Yorker cover of January 17, 1959, is one that needs to be not only seen but read. The central figure on the impossibly grandiose monument depicted is Prosperity unfettered, while the surrounding paired figures reveal so very much about the contradictions inherent in America that Steinberg observed through his immigrant's eyes. The striking original art is currently on view at the Society of Illustrators, part of the essential show "Drawn From The New Yorker: A Centennial Celebration" curated by Liza Donnelly.
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| Saul Steinberg Original art The New Yorker, January 17, 1959 |
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| Saul Steinberg The New Yorker, January 17, 1959 |
Meanwhile, the breadth of Steinberg's wildly inventive drawings inside the magazine is represented by a single image from 1963.
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| Saul Steinberg The New Yorker, February 23, 1963, p. 24 |
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| Saul Steinberg The New Yorker, February 23, 1963, p. 24 |
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| With drawings by Saul Steinberg and Robert Day |
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| "A stockholder, maybe." Robert Day The New Yorker, February 23, 1963, p. 24 |
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Poet, playwright, and critic Howard Moss was The New Yorker's poetry editor from 1948 until his death in 1987, an impressive run. Very likely he accumulated a fine library. To wit, a copy of Snow Lessons (1986) by the Latvian-born poet and critic Ivar Ivask is signed and inscribed to Moss by the author. The volume is currently available on AbeBooks from Between the Covers Rare Books for $45 plus shipping. Ivask himself was the editor of the prestigious quarterly World Literature Today, formerly Books Abroad.
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| Ivar Ivask AbeBooks listing accessed February 15, 2025 |
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| Ivar Ivask AbeBooks item description |
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| "Smile, dammit." |
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| "When is one of you going to pay me?" "Will you be the first to keep still?" "You ALL say you'll bring me bread." "They're ALL good likenesses." "When do I get to spread MY wings?" "Are you sure you have a good side?" "Just don't crumple it up in your beak and fly away." |
Christen's copy of Emergency Mouse, Bernard Stone's 1978 storybook, was signed by illustrator Ralph Steadman in September of 1994. Steadman added a drawing of the mouse with the dedication line serving as the rodent's mouth.
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| Ralph Steadman AbeBooks listing accessed February 15, 2025 |
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| Ralph Steadman AbeBooks item description |
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George Washington's birthday falls on February 22, a fact that was known to most Americans before the creation of Presidents' Day. An undated and unpublished New Yorker cover by Rea Irvin was intended, no doubt, to celebrate the great general on his day. That might just be Alexander Hamilton on the left side of the image handling his correspondence. The postage stamp, of course, is a deliberate anachronism—and the joke.
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