Luci Gutiérrez’s “Inside Story”

The cover of the December 22, 2025, special Cartoons & Puzzles issue, by Luci Gutiérrez, celebrates the particular mixture of zaniness and dedication that it takes to produce an issue of a magazine. Gutiérrez, who illustrates The New Yorker’s Shouts & Murmurs page every week, has firsthand experience with the particularities of the process. “The New Yorker is full of great people, each with their own ideas, quirks, and personalities. But, as someone who’s not usually much of a believer in teamwork for creative endeavors, I marvel at how we manage to come together to pull it off, week after week,” Gutiérrez said.

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