Charlie Powell

ANNETTE BENING, for an assessment of her performing career

JANE LYNCH: How she makes pop culture's nastiest villains some of the most likable characters on TV

SARTRE and SOCRATES, for Why Are Smart People Ugly?

THE SCARIEST CAMPFIRE STORY, a woman gets a bug stuck in her ear

Dennis Hopper, for his obituary, written by Dana Stevens, June 2, 2010

I HAVE NEVER BEEN UP, about Lincoln as a failure at 50

For story about adult children caring for their abusive parents

YES, WE HAVE NO MONEDAS, about the coin shortage in Argentina

Paul Newman

THE TRENDIEST GUY IN NEW YORK CITY

I BELIEVE I CAN FLY, about lucid dreaming

WHY IT'S SO HARD TO PUT SEX IN THE DICTIONARY

THE WAR ON FAT

THE PROBLEM WITH 3D GLASSES

Christy Mathewson at The Polo Grounds, For The National Pastime Museum

Casey at the Bat, For The National Pastime Museum

"Cool Papa" Bell, Selected for American Illustration Annual

Steve Dalkowski, Maybe the hardest throwing pitcher in baseball history.  Medium: pen and ink.

Mike 'King' Kelly, for The National Pastime Museum

King Kelly of The Boston Beaneaters, For The National Pastime Museum

Ernest Hemingway and his biographer Carlos Baker, for Dartmouth Alumni Magazine

Dirk Nowitski, for Dallas Obserever

Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan, for The Stranger

Neil Young, Commissioned Work

Quincy Jones, for Seattle Met

Emily Nussbaum, for Seattle Met

A.J. Liebling, for Dartmouth Alumni

George Foreman, for Texas Highways

CHRISTMAS MUSIC PLAYLIST: Stevie Wonder, Julian Casablancas, Prince, Mariah Carey, Cee-Lo, and Kermit 

Cover: Problems with security at the White House

The Ice Bucket Challenge: Derek Jeter, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Chris Christie

Beiber in trouble

Clooney wedding

Midterm elections

Legal weed in Colorado

Obama scolds Putin for overspending

Lebron heads back to Cleveland

Man wearing fedora

Lonely Girl

Mick and Keith

Woman in red

Etta James

Eyeball Farmer

Jerry Garcia, Painted for a friend

John Steinbeck

Sketchbook page; Acrylic with pen and ink

George Clooney