Photoshoppery: Newsweek Cover Edition

By: Caleb Howe (Diary) | January 15th, 2012 at 07:40 PM |

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Updated: Scroll down for the winning image!

Tonight, Newsweek has managed to get itself discussed on Twitter by releasing a preview of their upcoming cover page:

As soon as I saw it, I thought “what is going on with the back of President Obama’s neck there? Is that a shelf??” My second thought was this was a good opportunity for a photoshop contest. My third thought was “seriously, what is going on there? Loosen your tie!” And then my fourth thought was “stupid New England Patriot jerkheads.” But then I went back to thinking about the photoshop contest, and here we are.

So, here is the assignment: make a fake Newsweek cover. Either of the “Newsweek’s cover translated” variety, or the silly variety. Either way, keep it clean. I’ve got a couple below the fold.

I’m assuming the thought process, such as it is, was “controversial sells magazines.” So in that light, I have a suggestion for Newsweek’s next cover, one that will really stir things up.

Of course, we all know what this really translates to, so here’s the honest version of their latest cover:

It doesn’t matter though. I have a direct line to the future, and this cover isn’t that far off:

Alright, get to work people. Let’s see your photoshop skills.

Update: For my money, the winner comes via Twitter. @BenjaminKruse delivers the killer blow below. For the unedited, larger version, click on the image, or go check it out at Buzzfeed.

Tags: photoshop

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kestrel

I think the visionary on the original Newsweek cover is thinking, “My tie is giving me a migraine, but socialism’s worth it.”
http://www.planettron.com NickDeringer

And sold the company for a whole dollar to Tina Brown?
Caleb Howe

From @johnekdahl.
republitarian

ss396

I recall reading an article back in the 80′s in the London Financial Times, with the quoted claim that “we have again turned the corner on the economy.” Followed by the observation that “it appears we are going in circles.”

Good post.

altexas

maybe now that this rag is aware of the gaff, it will correct it. This is an easy fix with Photoshop CS5.
Tbone

What a pencil neck wimp.
jakeofalltrades

Or is his left lymph node just happy to see me?

duramater

trying to use my best Schwartzenneger impersonation .

jakeofalltrades
chbroussard

nt

Caleb Howe

/via @kazoolist
lineholder

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oneloved
http://tuleya.com Tuleya

Until I saw it on other website, I thought it was one you had photoshopped. Their actual headlines are funnier than the National Inquirer used to be.

Duke

I wonder what kind of campaign finance problems another magazine would face if it did that sort of “union newsletter” publishing for a conservative candidate.

Like my mother used to say, “Fools names and fools faces are often seen in public places.”

Also, did anyone else get the impression, while looking at the mag cover, that this guy is looking more and more like Mao all the time? The big photo on the magazine cover; the twisted politically correct factoids being thrown around; the propaganda-like repetition of his political campaign mantra; the creation of national division along economic and political lines, and the mass public protest against the rich. This isn’t Orwell’s “1984,” it’s Mao’s 1948!

6t9boss

Your neck will always do that when you are looking DOWN AT EVERYONE!
renny

His “take” on Palin’s anatomy probably deserves the Pulitzer Prize, sight unseen and un-read.
I need a good laugh.
(Actually, I laughed till I cried over the OWS cover.)
And o’s neck is cricked because he stretches it so much in strutting around bragging about being the 4th best president (consider how a Bantam rooster walks) and, also, looking for the light at the end of the ec. tunnel, which I hope is his sound defeat.
johnt

Really, is this cover real? Of course we get the Statist Hero uplifted chin, photographer on knees shot, but the headline? The chief clown has after three years a plan? We can’t get his school records, he grapples with teleprompters, and we’re the dumb ones.
It does take a special type of brain to spend trillions have absolutely nothing to show for it. But then real results were never the aim.
radicalrighty

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PaladinLostHour

..should lift the pen from Andrew’s hand, before his 15 years on HIV infection chews through what remains of the judgment centers in his brain.

http://www.rense.com/general44/brains.htm
http://pocketchangeproductions.net/ anotherindyfilmguy

But really how can you top the real thing in this case?
kdoc

“Andrew Sullivan: Why have you stopped beating your husband?”
http://www.soopermexican.com soopermexican
spyder108
5minutes

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/10919029/newsweeksucks.png