Top Magazine Covers of the Last 40 Years

A list of the top magazine covers from the last 40 years, as decided by judges in a contest from the American Society of Magazine Editors. Here's the top 10.

1. Rolling Stone, Jan. 22, 1981, John Lennon and
Yoko Ono.

2. Vanity Fair, August 1991,
Demi Moore.

3. Esquire, April 1968, Muhammad Ali.

4. The New Yorker, March 29, 1976, Saul Steinberg drawing of Manhattan.

5. Esquire, May 1969, Andy Warhol.

6. The New Yorker, Sept. 24, 2001, Illustration of World Trade Center.

7. National Lampoon, January 1973, "If You Don't Buy This Magazine, We'll Kill This Dog."

8. Esquire, October 1966, "Oh my god — we hit a little girl."

9. Harper's Bazaar, September 1992, "Enter the Era of Elegance."

10. National Geographic, June 1985, Afghan refugee.

The rest can be found here.

Comments

[ERic]

Pics of covers here:
http://www.magazine.org/editorial/13730.cfm

[ERic]

Apparently they changed the link yesterday, the new one only has the top five covers displayed.

http://www.magazine.org/Press_Room/MPA_Press_Releases/13732.cfm