Out of all the bizarre magazine covers, the upcoming New York Times Magazine cover might eclipse them all. A preview of the issue was released Thursday, revealing a bizarre image of Hillary Clinton's face photoshopped onto a planet.
Hillary Rodham Clinton, as you've never seen her, on the cover of this Sunday's NYT Magazine pic.twitter.com/QIsqibZaq5
— David Joachim, NYT (@davidjoachim) January 23, 2014
Naturally, the Internet gravitated toward it's complete absurdity, and soon people began to release their own versions of Planet Hillary.
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In a blog post, New York Times design director Arem Duplessis explains that the cover was inspired by the 1902 silent film Le Voyage Dans la Lune, which features the iconic "Man in the Moon." He even provides a few looks at various drafts of the cover, which was created by illustrator Jesse Lenz.
Even Duplessis couldn't ignore the Internet's overwhelming response to the cover. Though he never mentions what he actually thinks of our amateur work.
if Hillary were a man no one would photoshop his face into a planet & then that planet into a bball pic.twitter.com/ofibLLP18E
— Nick (@nicholas_mm) January 23, 2014
#PlanetHillary: Kids Edition pic.twitter.com/9hW8hkBfRI
— Ryan Donovan (@RyDon21) January 23, 2014
Captain #PlanetHillary pic.twitter.com/mMSDrfZFOL
— Katie Thompson (@KatieTThompson) January 23, 2014
The inevitable #PlanetHillary / Teletubbies Baby Sun Mashup. (You're welcome, @davidjoachim.) pic.twitter.com/sZaNTNuqYY
— Thomas L. Strickland (@thomasls) January 23, 2014
Justin Bieber DUI #mugshot + NYT Magazine #PlanetHillary = pic.twitter.com/i0uQfYSEFd
— Dan Milano (@DailyDanMilano) January 23, 2014
Alternate version of NYT mag cover. pic.twitter.com/wow4RKPM7F
— Tom Tomorrow (@tomtomorrow) January 23, 2014
Miley and Hillary on NYT Mag cover. how weird pic.twitter.com/OxsGxVMUtK
— Chris Carlon (@christofear) January 23, 2014