BARRY BLITT

Barry Blitt is a Canadian-born American cartoonist and illustrator who is best known for his New Yorker covers and as a regular contributor to the op-ed page of The New York Times.

He graduated from the Ontario College of Art (OCA, now OCAD University) in 1982 and returned to his alma mater in 2019 to receive an honorary degree in recognition of his significant impact on editorial cartooning and global illustration.

Blitt began his career with contributions to Toronto Magazine. Since 1992, he has contributed illustrations and more than 100 covers to The New Yorker. Blitt is well known for illustrating the op-ed writer Frank Rich’s Sunday columns in The New York Times, which ran from 1994 to 2011. 

In 2020, he won the Pulitzer Prize for editorial cartooning, for work that included several covers for the magazine, in addition to an array of cartoons that appears on its pages on its website. Blitt’s work has also appeared in Vanity Fair, Time, Rolling Stone, and The Atlantic, and he illustrated Frank Rich’s weekly column in The New York Times.¹

He has been honoured with exhibitions and awards from the Society of Illustrators, Print, and American Illustration, and is a member of the Art Directors Club Hall of Fame. His work for children includes George Washington’s Birthday and Once Upon a Time, the End (Asleep in 60 Seconds). Blitt is a compilation of his illustrations for The New Yorker, the Times, Vanity Fair, and other publications.²

Learn more about Barry Blitt

¹The New Yorker, Barry Blitt bio

²The New Yorker, Barry Blitt bio

Image credit: June 3, 2019, cover of The New Yorker features illustration by contributor Barry Blitt, who won the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning announced in New York, May 4, 2020. Barry Blitt/The Associated Press.