Barry Blitt’s “Red, White, and Kinda Blue”
For the cover of the May 11 & 18, 2026, special issue, themed around America’s 250th birthday, the cartoonist Barry Blitt portrays George Washington, the country’s first President, caught…
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Barry Blitt’s “Split Screen”
In February, 1925, the first issue of The New Yorker was published, featuring a drawing by the art editor Rea Irvin of a top-hatted dandy examining a butterfly through his monocle. This…
Barry Blitt’s “Guzzler”
When President Trump announced the U.S. military’s capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, the cartoonist Barry Blitt decided that his image for the cover of the January 19, 2026,…
Barry Blitt’s “Remote Control”
For the cover of the September 29, 2025, issue, the cartoonist Barry Blitt attempted to capture, in one image, Donald Trump’s unprecedented series of attacks on the media, destruction of…
Barry Blitt’s “Soft Landing”
For the cover of the May 26, 2025, issue, the artist Barry Blitt chose to depict President Donald J. Trump’s enthusiasm for any way that he and his family can profit from his position as a…
Barry Blitt’s “The First Hundred Days”
President Donald J. Trump began his second term with a hundred-day blitz, as a way to both get revenge on his perceived foes and take the country in an autocratic direction. For the cover…