M. SCOTT MILLER, born in 1969,
began his art career in New York after
graduating from the Pratt Institute. He’s
now back in his hometown of Missoula,
Montana. His work has appeared in a
variety of publications, including The
Village Voice, The New York Observer,
Popular Mechanics, and several children’s
books. In 2012, he will have a one-man
show at the Missoula Art Museum.
Miller has done three covers for The New
Yorker, the first in 1996. For Miller, do-
ing covers for The New Yorker was “my
big break.”

CHRISTOPH NIEMANN was born
in 1970 in Germany, where he currently
lives with his wife and three sons. He is
an illustrator, graphic designer, author,
and coauthor of several books, including
children’s books. In 2010, Niemann was
inducted into the Art Directors Club
Hall of Fame. He’s been the author of
the New York Times blog Abstract Sunday
since 2008. He has done sixteen covers
for the New Yorker, the first in 2001. For
him, doing covers for The New Yorker is
“very, very difficult.”

ERIC PALMA was born and raised in
New York, where he currently lives. His
caricatures and humorous line drawings
have appeared in a broad range of publi-
cations, including Entertainment Weekly
and Smithsonian. Palma has received
awards from the Society of Publication
Designers, Art Direction magazine, and
the Society for News Design. He did one
cover for The New Yorker, in 2004. “It
was thrilling. Throughout that week, I
got so many calls from friends and fam-
ily wondering if I was the same guy who
drew the cover.”

ROBERT RISKO was born in Penn-
sylvania in 1956, moved to New York
City at age nineteen, was discovered
by Andy Warhol in 1978, and hasn’t
stopped working since. He regularly
publishes in magazines such as Andy
Warhol’s Interview, Vanity Fair, Rolling
Stone, Playboy, and Esquire. He is the
author of The Risko Book and Vanity Fair’s
Proust Questionnaire. In addition, Risko
has created movie and theatrical posters
as well as icons for VH1 and the Kennedy
Center Awards. He has done four covers
for The New Yorker, the first in 1992. For
him, doing covers for The New Yorker is
“THRILLING!”

LOU ROMANO, born in 1972, is
an art director who lives in San Rafael,
California. He has been published in
Written By, the magazine of the Writers
Guild of America. In addition, he has
copublished two books, The Ancient
Book of Myth & War and The Ancient
Book of Sex & Science, with Pixar Anima-
tion Studios colleagues. In 2005, he
received the Annie Award for Production
Design on Pixar’s The Incredibles. He did
one cover for The New Yorker, in 2007.
For him, doing covers for The New
Yorker is “a wish come true.”

ANTHONY RUSSO was born in
1949 and currently spends most of his
time in Rhode Island. He is a regular
contributor to The New York Times, The
Los Angeles Times, The New Republic, and
The Boston Globe, among many others.
He has received numerous awards from
Communication Arts, American Illustra-
tion, Society of Illustrators, Graphis An-
nual, Society of Publication Designers,
Art Directors Club, and several other
organizations. Russo did one New Yorker
cover, in 2003. For him, doing covers for
The New Yorker is “very challenging.”

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