This is the cover of the current issue of The New Yorker. It’s called “Read-Handed” and was done by Adrian Tomine.
He is about to open the bookshop, she is about to receive the book she ordered on Amazon. Who feels worse?
It is a spectacular graphic representation of the independent struggle; the struggle that both the independent business owner and the independent-minded consumer face in todays book marketplace.
To get a get a better view of the image, and to see Tomine’s other book-themed illustrations click here (“Read-Handed” is the 5th image on the first row).