Best of 2021: Illustrations

Here are my favorite New Yorker illustrations of 2021: 

1. Sam Alden's illustration for Ann Patchett's "Flight Plan," August 2, 2021 (see above);

2. Andrea Ventura's portrait of Tom Stoppard for Anthony Lane's "O Lucky Man!" (March 1, 2021);

3. Javi Aznarez's illustration for Ruth Franklin's "Into the Void" (September 13, 2021);

4. Cristiana Couceiro's illustration for Joshua Yaffa's "Five-Month Plan" (February 8, 2021);

5. Javier Jaén’s illustration for Gary Shteyngart’s “My Gentile Region” (October 11, 2021);

6. Pola Maneli's portrait of Pharoah Sanders for Hua Hsu's "The New Thing" (March 29, 2021);

7. Golden Cosmos’s illustration for Daniel Alarcón’s “The Collapse of Arecibo” (April 5, 2021);

8. Jorge Colombo's illustration for Rivka Galchen's "Better Than a Balloon" (February 15 & 22, 2021);

9. Toma Vagner's illustration for Alex Ross's "Grinding Bass" (December 13, 2021);

10. Cecilia Carstedt's portrait of Adele for Carrie Battan's "Imperfect Union" (December 6, 2021).