Bicycles make the cover of 'The New Yorker'
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Bicycles make the cover of 'The New Yorker'
'In the past fifty years, many of J. J. Sempé's hundred and twelve covers have celebrated the gratifications offered by la petite reine, his beloved bicycle.'
https://media.newyorker.com/photos/5...mpe_biking.jpg
The interview:
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/co...ory-2019-09-23
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Nice!
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A friend of mine has a dozen or so of those covers framed on his wall. The bicycle lends itself well to an illustration.
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