Fernando Cobelo

Biography

Fernando Cobelo is a Venezuelan illustrator based in Italy. His work, which has been featured in The New Yorker, Netflix, and The New York Times, has received accolades from the Society of Illustrators and Communication Arts.

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FICTION / Spring 2026

Keeping Watch

By Stephen Kearse ,  Illustration by Fernando Cobelo
Cabelo-Processional
FICTION / Spring 2026

Blood Type

By Reif Larsen ,  Illustrations by Fernando Cobelo

The first thing I must tell you is that all three sisters are born on the same day in December. Every other winter, without fail, out they come, like a foot stamped three times in the dark. 

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FICTION / Spring 2026

Western

By Owen Park ,  Illustration by Fernando Cobelo

Thinking about him now, I realize Juho spent most of his time trying to tell me something. Our communication tended to fail us in important ways. It was mainly my fault. We were forever running into these little word-to-word problems. 

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