8 New Yorker Covers You Weren’t Meant to See (Photos)

In Blown Covers, New Yorker covers editor Françoise Mouly curates some of the most controversial images to not make the front of the magazine, from a version of the Sept. 11 tragedy to digs at Michael Jackson and Eliot Spitzer.

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Cover proposal by Bob Zoell.

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A version of reality where the tragedy never happened. Cover proposal by Bob Staake.

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Cover proposal by Christoph Niemann.

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An “off with his head” punishment for Eliot Spitzer’s sex scandal. Cover proposal by Peter De Sève.

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Cover proposal by Barry Blitt.

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A sketch of the controversial July 21, 2008, cover by Barry Blitt.

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Obama as a paper doll that could be dressed as either an angel or a devil. Cover proposal by Bob Staake.

8 New Yorker Covers You Weren’t Meant to See (Photos)

In a new book, the magazine’s covers editor Françoise Mouly curates some of the most controversial images to not make the cut.

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