Tag Archives: New Yorker

And the parents, they worry

Posted on May 18, 2010 by Wim Lockefeer

About ten years ago, I’d have identified with the protagonist in this illustration by Dan Clowes for this week’s edition of the New Yorker Magazine  These days, however, I find myself looking through the door, and worrying… (Illustration © 2010 … Continue reading →

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New Yorker Comic Cover ! By Joost Swarte !

Posted on May 13, 2010 by Wim Lockefeer

The title says it all : the current issue of the New Yorker Magazine features a comic on the cover, created by Dutch clear line guru Joost Swarte.  Just in time for my birthday 😉

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Unmasked

Posted on October 29, 2009 by Wim Lockefeer

With Halloween just around the corner, it’s only fitting that The New Yorker magazine included a strip by Chris Ware on the subject of hiding, masks and disguises in its annual Cartoon Issue.  You can read the whole four-page piece … Continue reading →

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Van der Veken for The New Yorker

Posted on October 26, 2009 by Wim Lockefeer

Flemish illustrator Jan Van Der Veken will be doing the cover to the January 11, 2010 issue of The New Yorker.  Last week he announced on his Facebook page that his design had been approved, but this morning Flemish comics … Continue reading →

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Le Petit Nicolas on stamps

Posted on September 29, 2009 by Wim Lockefeer

The French Post Office announced a new set of stamps yesterday featuring illustrations from the well-loved Petit Nicolas books by author and comic writer René Goscinny and cartoonist Jean-Jacques Sempé. The stamps were launched to coincide with the premiere of … Continue reading →

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Magazine covers galore

Posted on September 6, 2009 by Wim Lockefeer

Cartoonists’ work appears on magazine covers all over the place these days.  Case in point : Chris Ware for Granta 108 (above), Jen Sorensen for the University Of Virginia Magazine‘s Fall 2009 issue and Ivan Brunetti for the New Yorker, … Continue reading →

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The Bible According to R. Crumb

Posted on June 1, 2009 by Wim Lockefeer

The June, 8 issue of the New Yorker contains an excerpt from R. Crumb’s long-awaited new book, an illustrated version of the Bible, with an introduction by Françoise Mouly.  The story is the well-known tale of how God created heaven … Continue reading →

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Dan Clowes announces new work

Posted on May 6, 2009 by Wim Lockefeer

Coinciding with his wonderful cover from this week’s issue of The New Yorker (above), Leigh Stein of the New Yorker Books blog gives a sneak peak of the new book Dan Clowes is currently working on : Each page of … Continue reading →

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Tomine blogs

Posted on March 21, 2009 by Wim Lockefeer

The most recent recruit of the ever-expanding legion of blogging cartoonists is none other than Adrian Tomine.  For a few weeks now he’s been keeping us up to date of his many projects, including illustration jobs like the one above, … Continue reading →

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Where I’m Likely To Find It

Posted on May 18, 2008 by Wim Lockefeer

French ligne claire genius Floc’h illustrating a story by Haruki Murakami in the New Yorker, May 2, 2005. (for Basil at L’Homme Dans La Foule)

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