This is the June cover that New York based, Pulitzer prize winning Canadian illustrator Barry Blitt has drawn, a recognizable synopsis of where Prime Minister Trudeau now stands. It goes with an article in Canada’s heralded The Walrus (which just received 19 nominations for the 2024 National Magazine Awards).
Blitt is best known for New Yorker covers like this “Class of ’24” (above) from a couple of weeks ago, and his endless digs at former president Donald Trump (below ). You can see all his works for the New Yorker here. Or on his website, here.
For nearly three decades, the Montreal-born artist has created evocative editorial cartoons for The New Yorker — and other media – and in 2020, he won a Pulitzer Prize for editorial cartooning.
The Pulitzer judges honoured Blitt “for work that skewers the personalities and policies emanating from the Trump White House with deceptively sweet watercolor style and seemingly gentle caricatures.”
His piece on Trudeau so effectively encompasses the backed into danger situation that many Canadians (almost everyone, in fact) believe the prime minister faces now. High skill.
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Terrific. I’m laughing and not laughing all at once!
Great illustrator.
He’s fantastic and the cover is true. Hands tied, Police state.
I love that one too. Thanks for weighing in.
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