Via Drawn And Quarterly it came to us that Adrian Tomine has been doing the cover of last weekend’s issue of the New York Times Magazine (and some illo’s inside, see above).
Additionally, on the drawn And Quarterly special Shortcomics minisite, a small collection of illustrative work for the New Yorker and other magazines by Adrian has been made available. Again, lovely stuff.
This cover was drawn by Adrian Tomine for Yo La Tengo’s WFMU benefit album “Murdering the Classics”. I like the way Tomine weaved a little story in the art, and also commented on the music (which, if I may say so, is not the Tengo’s best)…
I know I’m risking turning this blog into the “New Yorker Cover of the Week” affair, but this Adrian Tomine cover is really too beautiful not to mention. So there.
Here’s a comic by Adrian Tomine from the New Yorker, May 2nd, 2005. I remember having this conversation almost verbatim (in Dutch, naturally) with my barber back in my home town, when I was home for summer from University, back in the 80’s.
I was quite addicted to Tomine’s Optic Nerve series at one time, but I got over it, I think. Every time a new issue comes out, I have a relapse, tough…
Here and here are good interviews with Tomine. Read and learn…
