Jean-Jacques Sempé took on life's moments of delight, warmth and absurdity — and how cats seem always to get it right. ... His New Yorker cover for the Jan. 5, 1987, ...

Workers adjust a big frontpage of a New Yorker issue before Jean-Jacques Sempe's funeral ceremony at the Saint-Germain-des-Pres church in Paris, Friday, Aug.19, 2022.

Françoise Mouly interviews the French artist J. J. Sempé’s widow, Martine Gossieaux, about “Morning Music,” Sempé’s cover for the September 5, 2022, issue of The New Yorker.

Jean-Jacques Sempé, the French cartoonist known in America for children’s book illustrations and for covers for The New Yorker portraying tiny, gentle people with big noses at poignant moments ...

Family, friends and fans have paid tribute to French cartoonist Jean-Jacques Sempe, whose simple line drawings tinted with humor graced the covers of The New Yorker magazine and granted him ...

Family, friends and fans have paid tribute to French cartoonist Jean-Jacques Sempé, whose simple line drawings tinted with humor graced the covers of The New Yorker magazine and granted him ...

Family, friends and fans have paid tribute to French cartoonist Jean-Jacques Sempé, whose simple line drawings tinted with humor graced the covers of The New Yorker magazine and granted him ...

Family, friends and fans have paid tribute to French cartoonist Jean-Jacques Sempé, whose simple line drawings tinted with humor graced the covers of The New Yorker magazine and granted him ...

Family, friends and fans have paid tribute to French cartoonist Jean-Jacques Sempé, who died last week at age 89. Skip to main content Open Main Menu Navigation ...