Category Archives: Cartoons and drawings

“Spots” illustrations: Five highlights from the past few months

Posted on August 30, 2012 by kira

Do you follow “Spots”? They are the little illustrations that appear scattered through the magazine. (If they are new to you, more about them here.) Here are a few that caught my eye since spring: For the April 9 issue, … Continue reading →

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Covers: Four highlights from the last few months

Posted on August 29, 2012 by kira

Don’t worry, I won’t post about every issue since early April, when I started a break from this blog. (That would be a great way to get 6 more months behind…!) So, just highlights. Let’s start with covers that caught … Continue reading →

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iPad art, Spots and tortoises – Jan. 23, 2012

Posted on February 5, 2012 by kira

Three highlights from this issue, and only one of them is an article. First, I loved the way the cover evoked the monochromatic loveliness of rainy midwinter. I didn’t realize right away that this is one of Jorge Colombo’s “finger … Continue reading →

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An occupier and other notes — Dec. 5, 2011 issue

Posted on December 14, 2011 by kira

I was pretty harsh on George Packer’s last profile. I don’t take it back, but in this issue, his piece is my favorite. He followed the tale of one Wall Street occupier, and through it the story of the occupation … Continue reading →

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End of summer grab bag — August 29, 2011

Posted on September 4, 2011 by kira

Somehow I got more mental whiplash from this issue than usual. We encounter: A sputtering revolution, a Supreme Court justice, two dead writers (Dickens and Rimbaud) and a dead Hollywood dog (Rin Tin Tin). Here are the articles that stood … Continue reading →

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Bachman, secularism and bugs – Aug. 15 & 22, 2011

Posted on September 2, 2011 by kira

Grub: Must we eat insects? I had the misfortune to open this as I was starting breakfast. The artful photo of a fried (?) bug staring up at me was a little much to start the day. I came back … Continue reading →

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Getting bin Laden and a stealth Phantom Tollbooth appearance – Aug. 8, 2011

Posted on September 1, 2011 by kira

The highlight of this issue (and of the entire summer) was no question the detailed accounting of what happened on a certain night in Abbottabad, Pakistan. Nicolas Schmidle told the tale based on interviews with several of the people involved … Continue reading →

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Do you know what Spots are?

Posted on August 29, 2011 by kira

I noticed Spots a few years ago, but didn’t know what to call them until quite recently. They are the “small, captionless illustrations that appear throughout the magazine,” and they follow a theme or tell a story. Maybe you already … Continue reading →

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