AMC's Magazine Cover of the Year
Okay, sure, it’s not exactly book design, but I enjoying looking at these nonetheless — and the winning cover is just about perfect, IMHO:
The ineptness of the response by FEMA and the U.S. government after Hurricane Katrina was an outrage to everyone who watched it unfold. The images of bodies floating unclaimed in murky waters were clear signs of the lack of care and empathy by those at the top of the government. In his cover, “Deluged,” Barry Blitt turns the tables on the situation. As the Oval Office is slowly submerged, the reader gets a release that goes beyond the first laugh and unleashes the floodgates of the nation’s collective anger.
Funny how it still seems relevant today, huh?
Check out the rest of the selected covers, in several categories — and available in hi-res — here.
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