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Since 1925, each issue of The New Yorker has been published with its own singular work of art, presented without the headlines or photography typical of magazine covers. What gives the New Yorker cover the ability to stand alone, reflecting and challenging contemporary society? In this hour-long seminar, the magazine’s art editor, Françoise Mouly, offers a rare look at the themes and vision behind these images, and the techniques involved in developing a new masterpiece each week. Mouly provides a history of the covers, from Eustace Tilley’s 1925 début to the present. Joining her onstage are the artists and cover contributors Adrian Tomine and Sarula Bao, who speak about their inspirations, methods, and creative careers.
Françoise Mouly has been the art editor of The New Yorker since 1993. She has overseen more than fifteen hundred covers for the magazine, many of which were named Cover of the Year by the American Society of Magazine Editors. She is the publisher, designer, and editorial director of TOON Books, an imprint specializing in children’s comics, which she founded in 2008. From 1980 to 1992, she published and co-edited RAW, the groundbreaking comics magazine. Mouly has received Smithsonian magazine’s American Ingenuity Award and, in France, the Ordre National de la Légion d’Honneur. In 2021, she was inducted into the Will Eisner Hall of Fame.
Sarula Bao is an artist and graphic novelist based in Brooklyn, where she manages a small press called Endless Editions.
Adrian Tomine is a cartoonist, illustrator, and screenwriter. He has published eight books of comics and illustrations, including “Killing and Dying,” “Shortcomings,” and “New York Drawings.” He has contributed illustrations, comics, and covers to The New Yorker since 1999. His most recent book is “Q&A.”
This seminar was filmed live at the 2024 New Yorker Festival.
Sourse: newyorker.com
