A word from the CityBeat 2026 Annual Manual cover artist

I call this “Cincinnati (chili) melting pot.” The city for me is this mix of pop culture and local legends. I wanted to honor nationally recognized talents alongside the folks only people from Cincy would know. I’ve also sprinkled some nods to iconic spots, food and things that I can’t quite categorize. CityBeat Annual Manual cover art. Art by Shane Hatfield Portraits include Rose Lavelle, Joe Burrow, Elly De La Cruz, Angelo Dawkins, Jon Moxley, Buddy LaRosa, Jungle Jim, Jeff Ruby, Jim Tarbell, Blake Maislin, Molly Wellmann, Jeff Wyler and Johnny Johnson. The rest features beer and coffee for all our breweries and roasters, the Lucky Cat Museum, goetta, the bathtub-mobile from Arnold’s, Cincinnati Museum Center, the giant hippo at Festival of Lights, a coney (of course), blue ice cream (a two-in-one nod to Graeter’s and that blue ice cream at Kings Island), a golden lamb (technically not Cincy but we all know what it is), a paw-paw, a vinyl record for all our cool shops, a goa