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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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Baby's First Tattoo will be released on September 25, 2012 in eBook
Sep 25, 2012
Baby's First Tattoo is now available in eBook
Sep 25, 2012
News:
The Adventures of Mark Twain by Huckleberry Finn has won an award
Aug 14, 2012
Apr 27, 2011
Apr 26, 2011
The Adventures of Mark Twain by Huckleberry Finn will be released on March 08, 2011 in Hardcover
Mar 08, 2011
The Adventures of Mark Twain by Huckleberry Finn is now available in Hardcover
Mar 08, 2011
Aug 17, 2010
News:
What's the Weather Inside? has won an award
May 25, 2010
News:
What's the Weather Inside? has won an award
May 07, 2010
What's the Weather Inside? will be released on March 10, 2009 in Hardcover
Mar 10, 2009
What's the Weather Inside? is now available in Hardcover
Mar 10, 2009
What's the Weather Inside? will be released on March 10, 2009 in eBook
Mar 10, 2009
What's the Weather Inside? is now available in eBook
Mar 10, 2009
News:
Once Upon a Time, the End (Asleep in 60 Seconds) has won an award
Mar 09, 2009
News:
Once Upon a Time, the End (Asleep in 60 Seconds) has won an award
Mar 09, 2009

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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...