111. Rejected New Yorker Cover

Someone recently asked me about my rejected 2003 cover for The New Yorker, so I figured I’d put it up here. Everything you need to solve the crossword is in the illustration. Click to download a pdf.nyerreject1

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5 Responses to “111. Rejected New Yorker Cover”

  1. Kevin Says:
    January 10, 2009 at 11:37 pm | Reply

    Love it! Thanks for posting.

  2. kevinashworth Says:
    January 11, 2009 at 9:02 pm | Reply

    Okay, I don’t get 35A.

  3. Patrick Merrell Says:
    January 12, 2009 at 7:15 am | Reply

    kevinashworth: An ait is a small island (it’s mostly a British term).

  4. Matt Gaffney Says:
    January 17, 2009 at 1:00 am | Reply

    Wow — beautiful! Hope you at least got a decent kill fee.

  5. Patrick Merrell Says:
    January 17, 2009 at 5:32 am | Reply

    No, covers (and cartoons for that matter) aren’t assigned. In fact, every Tuesday morning a parade of cartoonists make their way up to The New Yorker’s offices to dump a pile of cartoons on the cartoon editor’s desk, from which a relative few are chosen. I just did it up, totally on spec. They liked it but didn’t think it was quite right for the magazine.

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