Time cover of Russia taking over the white house was l"lifted" from Mad magazine...

[iluvtennis]

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[riversedge]

1. Perhaps the idea was but I like the added 'awash in blood' image. IMHO

[iluvtennis]

4. I admit, I like the blood also. nt

[still_one]

5. I am not sure that is blood or a reference to "red" being synonymous with communist?

[riversedge]

9. Well, I see it as art--with many interpretations-all valid:-)

[still_one]

10. I buy that, or a rorschach inkblot

[lunatica]

2. You just have to go with the best way to say it

Mad magazine has always been the most creative. Imitation is the highest form of flattery

[Tommy_Carcetti]

3. To be honest, it's an obvious visual metaphor for the situation.

One does not necessarily follow the other.

[anneboleyn]

8. Yes. St. Basil's is one of the most famous (even more than the Kremlin) images of Russia so

the images to me seem like obvious ones given the situation. It's also perfectly possible that the Time artist was inspired by the various versions of this image since artists do this all the time (as the poster below notes this image predates the Mad Magazine cover).

[muriel_volestrangler]

6. And others did it before Mad did

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[anneboleyn]

7. Exactly. Honestly I wonder if right wingers (not OP) are trying to undermine the Time cover by

starting a smear campaign suggesting that Time "stole" the cover. It's a way to distract from the message and undermine the contents as well as play into the "fake news" mythology.