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Pollux writes:
She's knee-deep in a blanket of pure white snow. She's out for a walk with her dog. Her faithful dog cannot be seen except for its tail. In fact, the dog is clearing a pathway for her as they make their way through the wintry landscape.
This is the scene depicted in Brian Stauffer's cover for the March 1, 2010 issue of The New Yorker, called "Whiteout."
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Pollux writes:
Did you know that if you place the four Anniversary New Yorker covers together, this creates a large composite image of Eustace Tilley? When I wrote about the covers a few days ago, this had escaped my attention.
It wasn't Dan Brown (or his hero Robert Langdon) who have told me. You can read about this hidden image at the blog Kempa.com.
Adam Kempa, the blog's creator, has cleverly, and helpfully, created an overlay of the four covers to reveal the subtle outlines of Tilley.
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Pollux writes:
Over at Boing Boing, they're discussing the March 16, 1946 cover for The New Yorker, created by artist Constantin Alajalov.
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Pollux writes:
The February 15 & 22 issue of The New Yorker was The Anniversary Issue of the magazine. To celebrate this occasion, The New Yorker ran a quadruple cover that honored its history, mascot, and sense of humor.
Four artists created various New Yorker-tinged realities: in 1925, a struggling male model visits a new publication in order to pose, to his horror, as Eustace Tilley; Eustace's Butterfly, who also reacts negatively to a vision of Eustace Tilley, performs a poetic monologue; a world of Tilley-like figures record and observe butterflies; Rea Irvin creates the mascot of Eustace Tilley. These visions are both tributes and tongue-in-cheek interpretations of New Yorker history.
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Pollux writes:
Are dog-sweaters and dog-coats just silly accessories? After all, dogs have fur, so why would they need to wrap up for the winters as humans do? But dogs, despite their natural furry coats, get cold, they get wet, and they get uncomfortable.
As one blog points out, "small dogs, such as Chihuahuas and Maltese; also Yorkies, Lhasa Apsos, and Shih tzus (especially if clipped) need protection from the cold, along with Bichon Frise and short-haired dachshunds to name a few... if your dog seems to be cold, then yes, he or she should wear a sweater."
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