The New Yorker is an American literary and current events magazine. It reports on local, national and international events, publishes essays, poetry, cartoons, and offers media critiques. The periodical debuted on February 21, 1925, and is published 47 times a year.
The New Yorker is for residents of, or visitors to, New York City, and for those anywhere who are interested in reading well-written articles and fiction. Some of the many topics covered in The New Yorker include: Politics; education; business; health; crime; sociology; culture; psychology; biography; technology; legal; art; athletics; relationships; special reports from around the world (called Letters from China, etc.); and architecture. Each weekly magazine also contains a fictional story, cartoons, poetry, an essay, reviews, and a cartoon captioning contest.
Subscribers can choose the original print edition or the online edition at The New Yorker website. http://www.newyorker.com5 The print issue costs $39.95 for a one-year subscription; discounts are available for two- and three-year subscriptions. https://w1.buysub.com/pubs/N3/NYR/convert_2009_nyr_calendar.jsp?cds_page_id=70926&cds_mag_code=NYR&id=1258997945994&lsid=93271139059034081&vid=1&cds_response_key_gift=X9IIBAEM&cds_response_key=I9INAAEC6 A digital version of The New Worker is available online. Moreover, selected articles from each magazine are posted on the website for access without cost.
The New Yorker Cover
Each New Yorker cover is a work of art by an accomplished artist. http://www.coverbrowser.com/covers/new-yorker/74 The title of the cover art is found inside the magazine in the Table of Contents. Often the cover is a political commentary. Some covers are humorous, whimsical, pretty, ironic, or somber. Even non-readers of The New Yorker enjoy the weekly cover art.
Cartoons of The New Yorker
The New Yorker is renowned for its witty, sophisticated, and cynical cartoons. http://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/26/books/review/26kirn.html The black and white cartoons are popular because of their pithy captions and their takes on social commentary and American culture.http://medialoper.com/you-havin-a-laugh-the-new-yorker-cartoons/ The New Yorker takes its cartoons very seriously. Recently, editor David Remnick commented that it is easier for him to "get somebody to go sleep on the ground in Sudan and dodge bullets in Afghanistan than it is to get something authentically funny." http://bigthink.com/ideas/3526
Collections of past cartoons are published in books. In 2004, for example, in honor of its 80th anniversary, The New Yorker published a large volume containing 2,004 of the best cartoons published in The New Yorker during the past 80 years. "The Complete Cartoons of the New Yorker" also contains a 2-CD set with all the cartoons – all 68,647 -- that had appeared in the magazine to date. http://www.quut.com/books/new_yorker_cartoons/ Other cartoon books focus on a single theme, such as teachers, golf, business, baseball, psychiatry, marriage, kids, "old farts," technology, art, lawyers, health, sleep, and the economy. http://www.newyorkerstore.com/Gifts/Books/icat/222
The New Yorker sponsors a popular weekly caption contest which always appears on the last page of the magazine. http://www.slate.com/id/2192564 The contest begins with a cartoon that has no caption. Readers submit captions and The New Yorker chooses the three top captions. The cartoon with the three finalists is published the next week. Then readers vote for the best caption on website. http://www.newyorker.com/humor/caption The cartoon with the winning caption is published the next week's issue. http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/technology_internetcritic/2009/06/chicagoan-larry-wood-wins-new-yorker-cartoon-caption-contest-for-record-third-time.html The winner receives an original signed drawing with the winning caption. Desktop prints and T-shirts with the winning caption can be purchased for $49.95 and $29.95, respectively.
Most New Yorker readers would hate to admit that they did not "get" a particular cartoon. A few cartoons, however, are so ultra-sophisticated or obscure that some readers are puzzled and contact The New Yorker for an explanation. The New Yorker periodically publishes such cartoons with a multiple choice test about the meaning. Readers can see if their choice is the one that the cartoonist intended.
The New Yorker Cover Featuring the Obamas
This now-famous New Yorker cover entitled "The Politics of Fear" was published in July of 2008 during the Presidential campaign. John McCain and Barack Obama went on the record calling the picture "tasteless and offensive."Associated Press: Magazine's 'Satirical' Cover Stirs Controversy (July 14, 2008) David Remnick, editor of The New Yorker, responded by noting that his controversial cover was a piece of satire. Remnick stated, "satire is part of what we do, and it is meant to bring things out into the open, to hold up a mirror to the absurd."New York Times: New Yorker Mag's 'Satire'... (July 14, 2008)
The Twin Towers Cover
The Sept. 21, 2001, cover of the New Yorker paid tribute to the Twin Towers and all who were lost there. At first glance, the cover appears to be all black. On closer inspection, however, the ghostly towers appear in a slightly darker black. http://en.allexperts.com/e/a/ar/art_spiegelman.htm Entitled "Ground Zero," the haunting black-on-black image has been highly acclaimed. http://www.magazine.org/association/press/13806.aspx
The 9/11 cover was designed by Art Spiegelman, author, illustrator, graphic designer, and former New Yorker staff writer and artist. http://www.progressive.org/mag_intvarts Spiegelman's design began with the idea of a black shrouded World Trade Center against a bright blue background, recalling the clear blue sky on the day of the tragedy. Feeling that the image was not somber enough to appear so soon after the event, he darkened the image until he arrived at the black-on-black depiction. http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/books/09/09/sidebar.spiegelman/index.html
Prints of the cover are available for purchase online at The Cartoon Bank. http://www.cartoonbank.com/2001/New-Yorker-Cover-9242001/invt/127819
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Fast Facts
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Headquarters
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First Issue
February 21, 1925
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Publisher
Conde Nast Publications, a subsidiary of Advance Publications
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Editor
David Remnick (1998 - present)
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Circulation
1,043,931
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Published 47 times a year
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ISSN 0028-792X
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Founded by
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Website
www.newyorker.com
