Richard McGuire is an American artist, illustrator and longtime contributor to The New Yorker, for which he has produced numerous covers and interior illustrations. He has produced an enormously diverse body of work in multiple media, characterised throughout by intelligence, wit, conceptual integrity, and the use of elegant, minimal design to communicate complicated ideas about the human experience. He has also written and illustrated several children’s books, designed toys and other products, created interactive media, and directed and designed animation.