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New Yorker cover by Chris Ware

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Posted by Mark Sinclair, 28 October 2009, 14:42    Permalink    Comments (12)

For the latest edition of The New Yorker, comic book artist Chris Ware has sketched a Hallowe'en themed cover that shows a brigade of Trick-or-Treaters chaparoned by their parents. In a nice contemporary take on the subject, each mom and dad is lit by the ghostly glow of an iPhone... 

Ware's strip, Unmasked, also features in the edition dated 2 November and can be read in its entirety (and at a decent size) over at The New Yorker website.

It's the latest New Yorker commission for the Oak Park, Illinois-based artist who previously created four stunning covers for the magazine's 2006 Thanksgiving edition.

Originally spotted over at MagCulture.

12 Comments

Lovely!
Karl
2009-10-28 16:41:19


I love Chris Ware's work. It's just so beautifully simple.
Mark Gamble
2009-10-28 17:29:12


this is great!
Satvir
2009-10-28 19:22:53


Ware is on-target. The iPhone glow on the parents' faces (echoing their kids' halloween costumes) is a masterful play on the idea of virtual identities and online/interpersonal "masking" (also explored in the interior storyline).
Anonymous
2009-10-29 02:13:30


Ohhh!

Chris Ware is absolutely brilliant! Both in techniques and razorsharp ideas AND execution!
Jeffrey
2009-10-29 10:50:44


I believe that cover is genius! Love the cell phone display lighting.
Orlando Web Design
2009-10-29 14:33:47


Both the message and the work itself are remarkable. I love the work Chris does!
Tanner Christensen
2009-10-29 15:52:56


Shear brilliance of simplicity. Bravo Chris Ware!
Brad Davies
2009-10-30 18:18:45


Chris Ware is incapable of creating a dull image. Faultless composition and amazing atmosphere created from such a limited palette.
Geo Parkin
2009-10-30 22:04:08


Puts me in the mind of Geoff Granfield - another great illustrator. Lovely conceptual piece
Adam Graff
2009-10-31 13:20:31


Perfect!
sneak
2009-11-03 00:14:29


awesome
Lisa Cleal
2009-11-04 10:30:43


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