Saturday, October 6, 2012

"One on One" — the New Yorker cover by Barry Blitt.


Remember Blitt's famous cover from the 2008 campaign. - Althouse
An empty Obama chair on the cover of The New Yorker smells like … victory - Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion
CEO vs Chair Man - Mark Steyn/National Review Online

A month ago, Clint Eastwood’s Obama empty-chair shtick was universally agreed by liberals to have been a disaster for Romney.

Now, it’s on the cover of The New Yorker.

The artist, Barry Blitt, says it wasn’t the easiest of assignments:

“This image seemed like a proper response to the first Presidential debate,” Blitt told the New Yorker’s Culture Desk. “But I’m not sure I realized how hard it is to caricature furniture.”