New Yorker Cover Research Paper
New Yorker Cover: 9/11/01
Writer, editor, and artist, Art Spiegelman, created the very controversial cover for The New Yorker magazine. Mr. Spiegelman worked for The New Yorker for ten years, resigning a few months after the September 11th terrorist attacks, living within walking distance from the world trade center. The cover of the September 24th issue of The New Yorker was voted in the top ten of magazine covers of the past 40 years by the American Society of Magazine Editors. The cover was influenced by the black-on-black paintings Ad Reinhardt.
When I first looked upon the photo, I saw a black cover with the words The New Yorker on it. It wasn’t till I took a closer look, that I saw the outline of two buildings. As I started to examine the cover I realized that the buildings would disappear in some angles and re-appear in others. I think the Spiegelman made the cover that way, so the audience could see and remember the day that the world trade center was there, and in the blink of an eye they were gone. On the left building the …show more content…
When the attack happened, I was a child, meaning I never thought further on the subject, making it an out of sight out of mind type of situation. After glancing at Art Spegielmans cover of The New Yorker, there was something telling me that I needed to go further on the subject. I choose to write about the cover as soon as the assignment was assigned. Before completing this paper I of course examined the picture itself in close proximity. I then got on YouTube and watch countless videos of the attack on September 11. In preparation for this paper I felt to understand the cover I needed to fully understand the incident and everything that came from it all. After understanding that day, I could give a better examination of the cover and look at the deeper meaning of just two buildings in black on a gray
Writer, editor, and artist, Art Spiegelman, created the very controversial cover for The New Yorker magazine. Mr. Spiegelman worked for The New Yorker for ten years, resigning a few months after the September 11th terrorist attacks, living within walking distance from the world trade center. The cover of the September 24th issue of The New Yorker was voted in the top ten of magazine covers of the past 40 years by the American Society of Magazine Editors. The cover was influenced by the black-on-black paintings Ad Reinhardt.
When I first looked upon the photo, I saw a black cover with the words The New Yorker on it. It wasn’t till I took a closer look, that I saw the outline of two buildings. As I started to examine the cover I realized that the buildings would disappear in some angles and re-appear in others. I think the Spiegelman made the cover that way, so the audience could see and remember the day that the world trade center was there, and in the blink of an eye they were gone. On the left building the …show more content…
When the attack happened, I was a child, meaning I never thought further on the subject, making it an out of sight out of mind type of situation. After glancing at Art Spegielmans cover of The New Yorker, there was something telling me that I needed to go further on the subject. I choose to write about the cover as soon as the assignment was assigned. Before completing this paper I of course examined the picture itself in close proximity. I then got on YouTube and watch countless videos of the attack on September 11. In preparation for this paper I felt to understand the cover I needed to fully understand the incident and everything that came from it all. After understanding that day, I could give a better examination of the cover and look at the deeper meaning of just two buildings in black on a gray