# 10/20/08 New Yorker cover art

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**Created:** [October 26, 2008, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-20-08-new-yorker-cover-art/469685 "2008-10-26T21:48:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2008, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-20-08-new-yorker-cover-art/469685/1 "2008-10-26T21:48:37Z")

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The cover of this past week’s [New Yorker](http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/toc/2008/10/27/toc_20081020) looks oddly familiar to me. Is this cartoon based on anything? I’m imagining it as a panel from an old Mad magazine, drawn by Will Elder or Jack Davis.

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**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2008, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-20-08-new-yorker-cover-art/469685/2 "2008-10-27T03:26:37Z")

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Well, the style seems sort of South Park-y (admittedly, not exactly). Maybe that’s ringing some bells? Or is it something about their positions and the way they’re tangled? And I agree, it does have a Jack Davis feel to it, although not in his style at all.

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**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2008, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-20-08-new-yorker-cover-art/469685/3 "2008-10-27T06:10:36Z")

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Looks like a Three Stooges style fight. That’s the first thing that came to mind.