In boxers. Oh, yeah.
Eye Candy: Stephen Colbert on the cover of August 2008 Esquire Magazine
July 7, 2008 By
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haha..seriously, there are no words!
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omg omg must get it !! =P
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I am SO going to get this.
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Argggh, am I really going to go out and buy a copy of Esquire?
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Yeah, I totally am.
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Ahahahahah BRILLIANT.
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Hehe, “The Passion of Stephen Colbert, *by* Stephen Colbert?” Even more awesome.
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I was intrigued by the “historic cover that inspired this one” text. The classical reference is probably a painting of St. Sebastian (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Sebastian), but I doubt it’s been a magazine cover. But this http://nymag.com/daily/intel/images/07/02/20070213radar4.jpg
is a magazine cover. At least Stephen’s cover isn’t photoshopped!
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wonderful! must buy!
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Me, three or four, or whatever. I Must Get This Magazine! What a great cover. I can’t wait to read the article!
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All hail St Sebastian! I’ll have to watch for the magazine.
Nice shorts….:D
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Haha, niiice! I will definitely be getting that.
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This was the perfect way to begin my Monday morning! What a great picture.
I cannot wait to read what Stephen said about the “Victimization of the White American Male”. I have no doubt it will be hilarious.
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! Can’t wait!
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Oh, and NICE GAMS!
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Do we know when Esquire issues comes out? Their website still has July up as the current issue.
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a magazine that i’ll totally buy.
when does it come out?
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Not sure, but soon I hope. I’ll make sure to blog about it once it’s on the shelves. I’m definitely picking this one up myself! I’ll put it in my Box O’ Mags.
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I love the cover! I can’t wait to read the article and I welcome any photo of Stephen in his boxers! ;)
The other article about school shootings is a bit of a downer, though. While an important topic, I wonder if it’s appropriate on a cover that’s supposed to be funny, in that it either brings down the tone of the cover or trivializes the subject of school shootings. Sorry, graphic design is kind of a sideline with me and these sort of things bug me…
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I agree with your assessment of the school shootings headline – especially since it’s in all caps. Very bad choice to combine Arrows with shootings. I predict some kind of fallout over this…
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Yeah, I hear you Lucy…regarding the boxers and the opposing headlines:)
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O.K., so this is a parody of a famous painting. I can’t remember who painted it, but I believe it depicts the martyrdom of St.Stephen. Art historians, are you out there?
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I only took a couple of art history classes (and they were pretty narrowly focused), so I may be way off base, but it reminds me of a couple different renditions of the Martyrdom of St. Sebastian.
Other suggestions, please?
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Did someone call for an art historian?
Ms I-you are correct that there are many versions of the Martyrdom of St. Sebastian,
but the one’s that I think are the closest to the cover, were done by the artist Mantegna and can be found at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Sebastian_(Mantegna).
(for some reason the link won’t highlight the “Mantegna” so make sure you add that.)
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you guys got it right!!!
check out number 3 on this list.
http://www.magazine.org/Editorial/Top_40_Covers/
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Duh, St. Sebastian, not St. Stephen. Now why did my brain slip a cog on that?
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Actually, it’s a parody of a classic Esquire cover, which itself was a parody:
http://www.magazine.org/Editorial/40-40-covers/3.jpg
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Ahh, my tasty little man treat. Yum!
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wow! definitely going to purchase, probably while I’m out buying the new Beck album tomorrow (hooray Beck!)
I have been away from the computer for so long, I missed sending questions to Stew the Meat Man, I also got behind on my John Oliver information! oh well…I did see The Love Guru and listen to IAAASCY on audiobook, to tide myself over!
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Depending on how you look at it, yet another honor. here’s more in the Who’s Honoring Stephen Now sweepstakes — maybe a bit harder come by but with a certain political cache — look at who’s nominated Stephen as a top public intellectual: http://www.foreignpolicy.com/story/cms.php?story_id=4349&page=1
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I’m gonna get that tomorrow. If I can find it. I’ll look for the new Tek Jansen comic book too.
Off topic here:
COLBERT REPORT SPECIAL REPORT 7/07/08!!!!
Lets go to a Colbert Report special report with Senior Grocery store correspondent Shannon Nugent about the recent outbreak of Doritos bag labels.
Nation, I have an interesting story to report.
As you know there have been recent reports of a vicious outbreak of a strange new disease in the Dorito chip family. Some people in the grocery stores call this Dorito Chip Measels.
Reports began flooding in around April about infected Doritos bags. Strange labels can appear on them suddenly for no apparent reason. And they can been seen in great numbers on grocery store shelves. These labels have messages that include “Peabody Award Winning”. Sometimes with additional messages . This disease spreads quickly. Like a wave.
The disease was originally thought to have been spread from Doritos bags having sex with sick and infected meat . Now it is said to be caused by intimate contact with humans. These humans can spread the disease like wildfire!
While the disease spreads quickly, the number of cases have gone down a lot in the last few months. Small cases are still reported on the internet. Like the recent reports we have gotten about small outbreaks at a Kroger store in Monroe Michigan. Specifically the store on North Dixie. That one just won’t stop!! New cases pop up every 2 – 4 days. Most of these labeled bags either recover from their disease or have given themselves to humans. Nobody really knows what happens. We hope that people buy them so that they don’t infect other Doritos bags.
There is a report today from an employee who said that she had personally seen the fate of one of those bags. A Nacho Cheese has been bought. She really liked that. She has told us that the infection will not spread as fast. Infact, it may die now.
Nobody know what Peabody Award Winning means.
Back to you nation.
Success!!
All this work that I have done for Stephen Colbert has finally paid off. Today, I have seen a girl looking at a Spicy Sweet Chili flavor Doritos bag and saying to her mother “this one has a name on it”. Sometimes I customize the labels. Stephen’s name apears on them sometimes. I was there for a second watching her read that. I really wanted her to say something more interesting. Later, I was lucky enough to see somebody buying a bag of Nacho Cheese Doritos with one of my labels on it. I am a bagger and a Hero and always pay attention to the Doritos bags at the checkout. I was scanning the registers at just the right time! I just wish I had been a little closer.
But now I know definately that a family has been introduced to Stephen Colbert. The Peabody Award Winning host of the Colbert Report. I’d love to see the reactions people have.
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Hahahahahah!! that’s great. I don’t label the Doritos myself, but I do buy them. :)
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Good job! Maybe they should all say Stephen Colber on them so that people will know what it’s all about…and come to love Stephen:)
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Cannot wait for that article. I’ve really liked how Stephen’s been making mention of his possibly-slipping status as a white (straight, middle-aged, Christian) man lately; it made me wonder if there were greater things ahead. And now it appears that there are. Huzzah, I say.
Recaptcha: Guantanamo 11
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DO WANT!!!
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Oh hey, look, another pic of Stephen without pants! (Sorry, that was my inner 12-year-old attempting to surface.) That man has some nice legs, but his feet look kinda big. (No, don’t go there, brain, don’t go there, aaauuggggh, too late… Heh heh.
I looked for the magazine yesterday, but didn’t see it. Tuesday is often “magazine day” at bookstores, so I’ll try again today after work.
Hahaha. reCAPTCHA: platinum impious. Yes indeedy, how appropriate for a parody (is that the word I really want? I guess so…) of St. Sebastian.
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I called my local Borders and they’re supposed to call me when it gets in. And they’ll hold a copy for me. I love Borders.
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I checked a few local stores in my area today and they all still have the July issue on the stands, but I’m pretty sure regular subscription holders have received theirs already (I saw one up for sale on eBay with the address label at the bottom). So, I’m guessing next week maybe it’ll be out.
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I’ve been a subscriber for years, so I got it already. It’s a definite must-read. The article is very short but full of “I Am America”-like sidenotes and pictures. There’s this great photo on the inside with Stephen getting burned at the stake a la Joan of Arc and there’s a little story in the beginning of the mag relaying the behind-the-scenes of the nine-hour photo shoot. CLASSIC!
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Excellent – thanks for the tip!
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Thanks for the information Caitlin. I have to get this!
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