Photos of Chris Ware’s mind-boggling new book “Building Stories” (photo credit: Nadja Spiegelman). See this and more on the New Yorker Blog.
Chris Ware will be in New York this weekend for the opening of an exhibition at the Adam Baumgold Gallery.
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As we said yesterday, we got so many strong submissions this month that picking winners was extremely difficult. Many excellent images had to remain in what some submitting artists have affectionately dubbed “the slush pile” (a term that seems particularly apt this month). Nadja is particularly partial to the first two in this series by Barry Bruner - but really, there are many worth clicking through for. One thing to keep in mind for this contest: though on the blog we give a theme, when we look for winning images, we look for an image that contains the theme within itself. That is to say, to make a good cover, the stand alone image needs to be able to conjure the idea of global warming without surrounding text. Thank you to all the artists who took the time to submit - we look forward to hearing which images you liked and why. Stay cool!
Cats and Dogs: The Winner!
By Gurbuz Dogan
Gurbuz has done a few New Yorker covers of cats that have been extremely popular. This manages to be both beautiful and clever. The elegance of the black and white rendering counters the fact that this is a swarm of rodents.
Cats and Dogs: Runner-Up #1
By Daniel Kondo
Nadja fell in love with this image when she realized it’s of our cat, Houdini. But even beyond the nepotism, this image, with its limited palette, is a nice visual pun.
Cats and Dogs: Runner-Up #2
By Brigit Schössow
Just what we like most about cats - the havoc they wreak on all beautiful things. This image uses a small detail to create a vivid story.
Cats and Dogs: Runner-Up #3
By Julien Couty
An image of a cat with no cat in it! Yet, it’s still so evocative and clear. It puts you the viewer in the same position as the predatory night-creature.
Cats and Dogs: Runner-Up #4
By André Slob
Snoopy on his dog house is very iconic, so it’s interesting to see an original variant.
Cats and Dogs: Runner-Up #5
By Gu Xiang
Cats have always been a great subject for artists, but this is an original gesture and composition. We like the light touch, and how much of the image is filled with negative space. This is a painterly composition.
Cats and Dogs: Runner-Up #6
By Joseph Farris
Grumpy old men and grumpy cats - a match made in heaven. It’s nice to see work by an old time New Yorker cartoonist.
Cats and Dogs: Runner-Up #7
By Olga Gessen
Look-alike owners and their pets is a relatively common idea, but this version is nicely done. I wouldn’t have thought that the frame would work, but here it does. Framed pictures of pets are in and of themselves a funny idea.
Cats and Dogs: Runner-Up #8
By Nastia Larkina
This seems like a very New York dog. We like his expression, and the use of line drawing with a spot of color.
Cats and Dogs: Runner-Up #9
By Pavel Fil
We like this simple pattern coupled with the diversity of all the cat poses. It’s clearly a building, yet it’s also not a building - how unusual to isolate windows this way. We like that all we can see of the birds is their shadows - they’re as unreachable to the viewer as they are to the cats.
Behind the scenes atThe New Yorker with art editor 