Kate Beaton’s “A Murder Mystery”

For the cover of the December 23, 2024, issue, Kate Beaton created an image that doubles as a simple game. (To play, see the word bank below. Print subscribers can peel off the removable label.) “I have always enjoyed poking around the trappings of genre in my cartoons,” Beaton said. “For a puzzle issue, who better to feature than a film-noir detective eyeballing some clues? And better watch out for that shady dame.”

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