Another heart-rending, all too relatable, illustration by Chris Ware for the October 11th issue of The New Yorker:
After last year’s killer Halloween cover, Ware is fast becoming one of the most incisive commentators on modern parenting.
Acme Novelty Library #20 by Chris Ware is available from Drawn & Quarterly next month. (Full disclosure: D+Q are distributed in Canada by Raincoast Books)
(via The Ephemerist)
wow. priceless. This and that Halloween cover. What a concept.
Really great illustration, but… how do you open the dishwasher? It’ll bash against the top of the oven door! Maybe that’s what the people in the scene are stressing about, too.
LOL. I think they’ve installed the oven in their apartment only to realise that their best china is now stuck in the dishwasher.
this cover made me cry a little bit. kind of surprised you guys are looking at the dishwasher/oven combo.
Hi Caty. Thanks for your comment. Don’t get me wrong — I think this cover (like the Halloween cover from last year) is devastating, especially for anyone who is a parent of young kids. That’s why I posted it.
At the same, I still think it is kind of funny that Mark even noticed that dishwasher would not open. But I guess if you don’t laugh, you cry…