Cover by Kadir Nelson

The New Yorker has a long history of embracing illustration inside and out, which is something we’ve highlighted before here at Illustration Age. In fact, their illustrated covers are downright legendary both for those who follow the world of illustration and those who could care less.

This month they’re taking things a step further – or 8 steps further, rather – by printing a total of 9 different illustrated covers to commemorate The New Yorker’s 90th anniversary.

To celebrate the fact that we’re entering our tenth decade, we turned, as we do every week, to our artists for ideas, and this time we decided to publish more than one. We picked nine covers for our ninety years, selecting images that reflect the talent and diversity of our contributors and the range of artistic media they use. – Françoise Mouly

Carter Goodrich

Istvan Banyai

Roz Chast

Barry Blitt

Anita Kunz

Lorenzo Mattotti

Peter Mendelsund

Christoph Niemann

Find out more about this ambitious project here.