Wow we sure went back and forth on this one! One thing that has most certainly dealt print media - like putting out a monthly/bi-monthly humor publication a blow - is timeliness of its content. In this case the now infamous Janet Jackson Super Bowl mishap had just happened and the uproar that it created was great fodder for the media. That paired with the fervor about the upcoming Presidential election between President George Bush and Senator John Kerry led my cohort in crime, Scott Gosar to come up with some truly whacked out interpretations for artist and caricature extraordinaire Kent Gamble to illustrate. These images have only once seen print in the limited print run of the publication APACFA (see earlier post). From the top we have Condeleeza Rice & John Kerry all rocked out and then two alternate possibilities with First Lady Laura Bush & John Kerry. The theme of the issue had already been decided as being a Rock/Pop music issue and with a lot of push back from publisher Dick Kulpa we ended up with a much tamer Rock & Roll type cover with various stars from the period as well as Rick Neilsen of Cheap Trick who (in a publicity stunt)had just been named as publisher. Notice that the Janet Jackson/Justin Timberlake reference still made it onto the cover, although without the biting in your face imagery we were hoping for.
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