“I searched for the most iconic pop-cultural characters to represent specific aspects of our elected representatives,” the artist Mark Ulriksen says about this week’s cover. “Originally I had a passed-out sloth and a toad pondering. I also considered putting in a raving lunatic and a snake-oil salesman, but instead I went for the snake charmer. With all of the problems in the world today, I guess we can all count on three things: death, taxes, and a do-nothing Congress.”
See below for a few New Yorker covers that have celebrated the political process over the years:
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“Bring in the Clowns!” by Roz Chast, September 24, 2012.
