ESPN Magazine cover

Striking, albeit somewhat confusing ESPN Magazine cover. Via.

Illustration roundup

Poster by Michael Dialynas for a storytelling event. He has art on sale here.





Robots by Raymond Lemstra. Via.




The Creature from the Black Lagoon by James Gilleard.




Chris Ware Thanksgiving cover for The New Yorker, circa 2000. Via this collection of Thanksgiving magazine covers.




Fortune India magazine cover by Nilanjan Das. Via.

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What is Sony now?

Illustration by Al Murphy for last week's Businessweek. The article's a good read and features this gem:

For the past nine years, the business that has accumulated more profit than the rest of Sony combined is financial services, mostly life insurance, with some auto insurance and banking. Sony, Loff says, is a life insurance company with a money-losing TV business.

The New Yorker and New York magazine

Cover to the current issue of The New Yorker.


Cover of the current issue of New York. Via these fine sites.

Butterfly tattoo

Dasha Zhukova's Garage magazine's debut issue features tattoos designed by Jeff Koons, Damien Hirst, John Baldessari, Raymond Pettibon, Jake & Dinos Chapman, Richard Prince, Dr. Lakra and Paul McCarthy. Hirst's butterfly tattoo stars on one of the covers, obscured by a removable sticker. You can see the alternate covers here. Via.

Gaddafi cover for Time magazine

Gaddafi by Tim O'Brien for the cover of Time magazine. Via.

The New Yorker cover by Christoph Niemann

August 15, 2011 The New Yorker cover by Christopher Niemann.

Cleopatra by Sam Weber

Cleopatra by Sam Weber for National Geographic. Here's the article. Sam has art on sale here.

Wrestling magazine covers

Great collection of wrestling magazine covers (some are very bloody).

X-Men First Class magazine covers

X-Men First class magazine covers for Total Film. Via these sites.

Don't forget, the X-Men poster design contest ends tonight.

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Short Hair Magazine

There's apparently a magazine called Short Hair. I assume it's just a one-off?

Funny cover stories on Town and Country magazine

The cover stories on the February 2011 issue of Town and Country magazine:

-I wish I'd married rich

-What he really thinks about your plastic surgery

-The divorce of the year

-The top divorce lawyers

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Link roundup

1. Six Flags is ditching most of its branded rides as a cost-cutting move:

The new-new name will be "Apocalypse" and the coaster itself will stay pretty much the same. But where Six Flags takes one in the pants, is they spent upwards of $1 million on the Terminator-themed intro in the queue. It included several animatronic Terminators and a training video featuring two of the film's stars, Common and Moon Bloodgood.

Six Flags will now remove all the Terminator robots and re-shoot the sequence to match the new Apocalypse theme. The coaster will officially no longer be Terminator: Salvation and bear its new name as of January 8, 2011.

Via.

2. McBess posted a wallpaper-sized version of the (NSFW) illustration he created for the cover of Nobrow 4. (Copies are available at Amazon.)

3. Michael Douglas is either dying or well on his way to recovery depending on which gossip magazine you read.

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Link roundup

1. Six Flags is ditching most of its branded rides as a cost-cutting move:

The new-new name will be "Apocalypse" and the coaster itself will stay pretty much the same. But where Six Flags takes one in the pants, is they spent upwards of $1 million on the Terminator-themed intro in the queue. It included several animatronic Terminators and a training video featuring two of the film's stars, Common and Moon Bloodgood.

Six Flags will now remove all the Terminator robots and re-shoot the sequence to match the new Apocalypse theme. The coaster will officially no longer be Terminator: Salvation and bear its new name as of January 8, 2011.

Via.

2. McBess posted a wallpaper-sized version of the (NSFW) illustration he created for the cover of Nobrow 4. (Copies are available at Amazon.)

3. Michael Douglas is either dying or well on his way to recovery depending on which gossip magazine you read.

*Buy McBess Dunnys at eBay.

Depressing Chris Ware cover for The New Yorker

Cover by Chris Ware for the "Money" issue of The New Yorker. Via.

*Buy Chris Ware comics at Amazon.

Link roundup

1. How to turn your Twitter stream in an RSS feed.

2. A New Zealand elementary school has been criticized for holding a possum throwing contest. Via.

3. Excellent collection of Las Vegas Weekly covers by Benjamin Purvis. Via.

Link roundup

1. Paul Robertson posted more of his terrific Scott Pilgrim animated gifs.

2. If The National Enquirer looked like George Lois's classic covers for Esquire. Via.

3. Morrissey has said some racist stuff.

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New Bioshock Infinite art (wow)

The October issue of Game Informer features three double-sided covers showing off the characters of Bioshock Infinite:

Instead of using our traditional layout, we worked with artists at Irraional Games to produce covers that showcase what a video game magazine might have looked like on Columbia in the early 1900s. With illustrations inspired by period publications like The Saturday Evening Post, all three covers also feature unique advertisement for products a citizen of Columbia might need.

I think they're all by Robb Waters. You can see some rough versions here. Via.

*Buy Bioshock posters at eBay.

Man on fire

Magazine cover via.

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French Scarlett Johansson vs Spanish Scarlett Johansson

Interesting to see how Glamour modified the photo of Scarlett Johansson for the French and Spanish editions. Via.

*Previously: Scarlett Johansson as Cinderella.

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