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Barry Blitt

Barry Blitt

Barry Blitt

Barry Blitt’s illustrations have repeatedly appeared on the cover of the New Yorker and have also graced the pages of the Chicago Tribune, the New York Times, and Entertainment Weekly. He is the illustrator of Once Upon a Time, the End (Asleep in 60 Seconds) by Geoffrey Kloske and The Adventures of Mark Twain by Huckleberry Finn by Robert Burleigh, as well as other picture books. He lives in Riverside, Connecticut.

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News:
What's the Weather Inside? has won an award
May 29, 2013
News:
What's the Weather Inside? has won an award
May 29, 2013
News:
Once Upon a Time, the End (Asleep in 60 Seconds) has won an award
May 12, 2013
News:
Once Upon a Time, the End (Asleep in 60 Seconds) has won an award
May 12, 2013
Excerpt:
Text Excerpt 1 from What's the Weather Inside?
Nov 18, 2012
News:
The Adventures of Mark Twain by Huckleberry Finn has won an award
Aug 14, 2012
Excerpt:
Introduction from Baby's First Tattoo
Jul 17, 2009
Baby's First Tattoo will be released on July 15, 2002 in
Jul 15, 2002
Baby's First Tattoo is now available in
Jul 15, 2002
The Adventures of Mark Twain by Huckleberry Finn will be released on January 01, 2001 in
Jan 01, 2001
Jan 01, 2001

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Newsvine, June 7, 2013
...in the fireplace didn’t help, either. It was just a cartoon, of course—another deliberately incendiary send-up from Barry Blitt, the New Yorker‘s legendary illustrator. Blitt has penned 70 covers for the magazine, yet he is well known...
Vice Magazine US, June 1, 2013
...Dear Comic Lovers,

 My name is Nicholas Gazin, and I love comics. Approximately once a week I write a column in which I cover comics, art, illustration, and nerd interest and review some books. My last two columns for VICE were photo blogs about...
Macleans Online, April 28, 2013
...a fraction of the impact. Content, in fact, looms largest when it’s misinterpreted: New Yorker cover illustrator Barry Blitt was mocking Obama caricatures, not Barack and Michelle Obama themselves, in 2008 when he portrayed the presidential candidate...
New Yorker, February 7, 2013
...William Deresiewicz?s ?Happy Birthday, Pride and Prejudice!? and Rebecca Mead on George Eliot and Jane Austen. Illustration by Barry Blitt...
Huffington Post, September 24, 2012
...you’ll recognize and people being published for the first time. Birth bris bed bath and beyond. - Barry Blitt Webcast Yom Kippur services. Strangely satisfying. - Amy Ramos Half Jewish, sadly unlike Lenny Kravitz. - Max Bachhuber “But...
Huffington Post, September 24, 2012
...you’ll recognize and people being published for the first time. Birth bris bed bath and beyond. - Barry Blitt Webcast Yom Kippur services. Strangely satisfying. - Amy Ramos Half Jewish, sadly unlike Lenny Kravitz. - Max Bachhuber “But you...
Toledoblade.com, July 29, 2012
...to prompt a closer look. GEORGE WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY: A MOSTLY TRUE TALE. By Margaret McNamara. Illustrated by Barry Blitt. Schwartz & Wade Books. $17.99. This imagining of George's seventh birthday is illustrated with art that combines a pleasingly...
Macleans Online, April 28, 2013
...a fraction of the impact. Content, in fact, looms largest when it’s misinterpreted: New Yorker cover illustrator Barry Blitt was mocking Obama caricatures, not Barack and Michelle Obama themselves, in 2008 when he portrayed the presidential candidate...
Columbia University, April 24, 2013
...often at the same time. First, there’s the actual content of the cartoon. A good example is Barry Blitt’s 2008 New Yorker cover showing a fist bump between Barack and Michelle Obama, who are drawn as terrorists. It was meant to satirize right-wing...
Comic Book Resources, March 27, 2013
...Meredith Gran, Octopus Pie • Pat N. Lewis, Muscles Diablo in Where Terror Lurks MAGAZINE FEATURE/MAGAZINE ILLUSTRATION • Barry Blitt • Daryll Collins • Anton Emdin BOOK ILLUSTRATION • John Manders • John Martz • Dave Whamond ...
Washington Post, March 26, 2013
...Chast Sam Gross Mick Stevens Jack Ziegler GREETING CARDS Bill Brewer George Schill Jem Sullivan MAGAZINE FEATURE/MAGAZINE ILLUSTRATION Barry Blitt Daryll Collins Anton Emdin ADVERTISING and PRODUCT ILLUSTRATION Luke McGarry Ed Steckley...
Washington Post, March 26, 2013
...Chast Sam Gross Mick Stevens Jack Ziegler GREETING CARDS Bill Brewer George Schill Jem Sullivan MAGAZINE FEATURE/MAGAZINE ILLUSTRATION Barry Blitt Daryll Collins Anton Emdin ADVERTISING and PRODUCT ILLUSTRATION Luke McGarry Ed Steckley...
Anorak, March 5, 2013
...WHAT the hell is the Pope doing on the cover of the New Yorker? Yes, we know the cartoonish Pope is illustrating the gory of Pope Benedict XVI’s resignation. But is he dong, with his hands? The voer has been drawn by Barry Blitt. Says he: “I wish I...
New Yorker, March 4, 2013
...This week’s cover by Barry Blitt, “Sic Transit Gloria Mundi,” is not the first time that a Pope has been portrayed on our cover. “I wish I could say something in Latin to make the...