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Bert and Ernie come out on The New Yorker cover

Fri, 28 Jun 2013 13:54:00 +0000

Long rumored to be more than just friends, "Sesame Street" roommates Bert and Ernie have come out on The New Yorker's cover, celebrating the Supreme Court's ruling that the Defense of Marriage Act is unconstitutional:

The magazine found artist Jack Hunter's image, titled "Moment of Joy," on Tumblr. Hunter said, “It’s amazing to witness how attitudes on gay rights have evolved in my lifetime."

“This is great for our kids, a moment we can all celebrate.”

Mad magazine’s New Yorker cover parody is amazing

Tue, 02 Oct 2012 18:46:00 +0000

Mad magazine reimagined Saul Steinberg's iconic 1976 New Yorker cover as seen by the problematic Apple Maps app. The result is amazing:

h/t MAD Magazine

J.K. Rowling grows up — and gets knocked down

Wed, 26 Sep 2012 13:54:00 +0000

How did you deal with the stunning revelation, in Ian Parker's 9,000-word profile of J.K. Rowling in this week's New Yorker, that the author is not as warm as Rubeus Hagrid, as confident as Albus Dumbledore, or, alas, as brave and smart and accessible as her iconic hero, Harry Potter? Did it, as Gawker's Caity Weaver put it, "make you [not] want to hang out with J.K. Rowling," whose first adult novel, "The Casual Vacancy," is released on Thursday (and is, of course, already a best-seller). Were you as shocked as the Daily News, which announced that the author "is making no excuses for the very grownup prose and plotline" of the new book? Or did you feel a peculiar sense of satisfaction, knowing that the multimillionaire creator of one of the most beloved children's book series of all time comes off as an awkward, insecure woman who asked for – and was refused – quote approval on the story?