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    8 Blown Covers For The New Yorker

    Cover concepts for The New Yorker you were never supposed to see.

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    In Blown Covers, New Yorker covers editor Françoise Mouly curates some of the most controversial images to not make the front of the magazine, from a version of the Sept. 11 tragedy to digs at Michael Jackson and Eliot Spitzer.

    1. Smart Sex

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    Cover proposal by Bob Zoell.

    2. 9/11

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    A version of reality where the tragedy never happened. Cover proposal by Bob Staake.

    3. Mission Accomplished

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    Cover proposal by Christoph Niemann.

    4. Guillotine

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    An “off with his head” punishment for Eliot Spitzer’s sex scandal. Cover proposal by Peter De Sève.

    5. Michael Jackson

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    Cover proposal by Barry Blitt.

    6. Fist Bump

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    A sketch of the controversial July 21, 2008, cover by Barry Blitt.

    7. Hope

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    Obama as a paper doll that could be dressed as either an angel or a devil. Cover proposal by Bob Staake.

    8. Blown Covers

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    Blown Covers: New Yorker Covers You Were Never Meant to See by Françoise Mouly. Drawing by Barry Blitt.

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