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As New Yorker magazine artist Barry Blitt says to Comic Riffs: He flew 200 [combat] missions in Vietnam!
In Memoriam: New Yorker cartoonist LEO CULLUM's warm and witty legacy Michael Cavna 2010
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As for the artist, Blitt said he mulled making Sarah Palin or Wikileaks's Julian Assange the apple of their own eye for this illustration -- but that Bloomberg emerged as the best candidate.
CUPID'S NIB: Our 10 Eye-Catching Valentine's Cartoons of the Day Michael Cavna 2011
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Does Blitt aim to lace this illustration with some sort of deeper commentary?
IMAGE OF THE DAY: New Yorker cover artist sends Spider-Man to the hospital Michael Cavna 2011
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Conceptually, "I don't think there'd be anything here without the multiple Spideys taking up hospital space," Blitt tells us of the humorous cover, in which one foregrounded Spider-Man has his head in a traction halo; one supine Spidey slings some string to reach the TV; and a third costumed hero leans on a walker and wears paisley pajamas.
IMAGE OF THE DAY: New Yorker cover artist sends Spider-Man to the hospital Michael Cavna 2011
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Despite his well-rendered Spideys, Blitt himself isn't so much a follower.
IMAGE OF THE DAY: New Yorker cover artist sends Spider-Man to the hospital Michael Cavna 2011
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"My favorite aspect of the cover is that I got it done and it ran," Blitt says.
IMAGE OF THE DAY: New Yorker cover artist sends Spider-Man to the hospital Michael Cavna 2011
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"The first thing that came to me was bits of the bright-red uniform peaking out from holes in the body casts of a ward full of Spider-Men in traction," Blitt tells Comic Riffs of the cover, titled "Spiderward."
IMAGE OF THE DAY: New Yorker cover artist sends Spider-Man to the hospital Michael Cavna 2011
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Quite distinctively, Blitt is known for his visual wit.
IMAGE OF THE DAY: New Yorker cover artist sends Spider-Man to the hospital Michael Cavna 2011
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"My rough sketch got approved quickly, but at the last minute," Blitt tells us, "and I only had a few hours to do the art."
IMAGE OF THE DAY: New Yorker cover artist sends Spider-Man to the hospital Michael Cavna 2011
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"As far as editorializing, I wish I could say I was making a canny judgment about the culture," Blitt says. "but really, I was just going for the quick laugh."
IMAGE OF THE DAY: New Yorker cover artist sends Spider-Man to the hospital Michael Cavna 2011
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