【poetics of eroticism】

The poetics of eroticismNew Yorkerhas thrown shade at Donald Trump before, but this week's offering is something else entirely.

The magazine gave us a preview of the cover of its final issue of the month - entitled "October Surprise" - Monday and it's a scary one.

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Artist Carter Goodrich's cover art depicts the president as a "dangerous clown," complete with a frilly, striped outfit, clown makeup, over-sized red shoes, small hands, and an evil grin. Goodrich explained in a tweet that he struggled to parody Trump in a cartoon because he is already a "walking, talking cartoon of himself."

it's difficult to effectively parody the man: everything about him is low hanging fruit. He's already a walking, talking cartoon of himself pic.twitter.com/vclmG0x8Jp

— Carter Goodrich (@Cartergoodrich2) October 23, 2017

The frightening cover will be published just under one year since Trump was elected president.

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"My whole life has been disrupted. It's a national nightmare," Goodrich explained to The New Yorker. "I'm still just as stunned now as I was a year ago, on Election Night."

The spooky presidential painting will cover The New Yorker's October 30 issue, just in time for Halloween, and people are ready for it.

Perfect. Stand down Pennywise. https://t.co/5UOSxdPkne

— Helen Kennedy (@HelenKennedy) October 23, 2017

Lawd, the hands 🤣🤣🤣 Bet this is not how he thought this POTUS and magazine covers would work out https://t.co/iNRyAFa6V3

— Resisting Sherri,PhD (@onlymeindc) October 23, 2017

The new New Yorker cover is making my day glorious. Thank you, New Yorker. #Resist pic.twitter.com/2OauKeRBfJ

— Ann Lewis Hamilton (@AnnLHamilton) October 23, 2017

I can’t wait to see what the fake cover Trump’s gonna hang in his clubs will look like.

h/t @NewYorker pic.twitter.com/waDFcVEBmx

— Eric Wolfson (@EricWolfson) October 23, 2017

Goodrich, who began his career as an illustrator in 1983, also has worked as a character designer on many films, including Despicable Me, Finding Nemo, and Ratatouille, according to his website.

"I have been asked to work on movies about [Trump]. I can't do it; most satire seems to lighten what feels to me like a dire situation," Goodrich said. "He's already a cartoon villain, infantile and strange."

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