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Showing Original Post only (View all)The New Yorkers new cover is out and some people think its gone too far. Warning: scary clown [View all]
A new cover from The New Yorker is causing some strife on conservative social media sites with its cartoonish depiction of President Donald Trump. October Surprise, by Carter Goodrich depicts President Donald Trump in a fat, clown suit and makeup.
The clown version of President Trump peers out from within a forest, with an evil smile wrapped around his face. The cartoon, clown Trump is more akin to something out of a Steven King horror novel, than anything pleasant.
When the cover was released, conservative social media went into a frenzy, including one of Trumps biggest supporters.
https://www.rawstory.com/2017/10/the-new-yorkers-new-cover-is-out-and-some-people-think-its-gone-too-far/
Carter Goodrichs October Surprise
My whole life has been disrupted. Its a national nightmare, the artist Carter Goodrich says, about his cover for this weeks issue: a painting of the President whom he calls a dangerous clown. Im still just as stunned now as I was a year ago, on Election Night. I have been asked to work on movies about him. I cant do it; most satire seems to lighten what feels to me like a dire situation. Hes already a cartoon villain, infantile and strange.
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cover-story/cover-story-2017-10-30
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The New Yorkers new cover is out and some people think its gone too far. Warning: scary clown [View all]
Madam45for2923
Oct 2017
OP
Perhaps some of these pearl clutchers will recall some of the more OVER THE TOP
Grammy23
Oct 2017
#10
Carter Goodrich- I like the juxtaposition of Little Red Riding Hood and the leering clown
riversedge
Oct 2017
#31
The cartoon's a hell of a lot less scary (and easier on the eye) than the reality. n/t
Denzil_DC
Oct 2017
#53