Do you remember where you were and what you were doing when the Towers fell? This cover pays tribute to the tragedy in a way that only the New Yorker could achieve.
This cover triumphs, in every way, despite breaking a number of rules such as:
Rule # 11: Color over Black
Rule #12: Use Bold Type Treatments
Rule #13: Don’t be Depressing
Rule #27: Use Cover Lines
According to ABC statistics, this issue sold 162,647 copies at newsstands. The average sale on all other issues in 2001 was 44,430 copies. Therefore this classic cover sold 118,217 more copies than the average, an increase of over 266%.
