New Yorker Covers About Winter Sports: The New Yorker "When I first heard my image was going to be on the cover," says Birgit Schõssow, a graphic designer and illustrator from Germany, "I was paralyzed - I think I still am. I would look at New Yorker covers and think, Oh, it would be nice to try myself...but I mainly did it because I like trying new things. For a German illustrator, the goal can seem so very far away. Now, I'm so thrilled. I've never made an image with so few things on it, and there it is. See below for a slide show of other New Yorker covers about winter sports. "January 23, 1926," by James Daugherty. "January 18, 1930," by Constantin Aladjálov. "January 21, 1933," by Theodore G. Haupt. "January 26, 1935," by Perry Barlow. "February 5, 1938," by Peter Arno. "February 2, 1957," by Charles Addams. "January 10, 1970," by Arthur Getz. "January 27, 1975," by Charles E. Martin. "Up the Down Slope," by Harry Bliss, January 24, 2000. "Winter Getaway," by Floc'h, January 19, 2004. "Winter Page-Turners," by Greg Clarke, December 20 & 27, 2004. "Top of the World," by Jan Van Der Veken, January 11, 2010. "Blizzard," by Lorenzo Mattotti, January 10, 2011.