Obama on the Cover
Magazine Cover Portrayal of the 2008 Campaign
By Eric M. Appleman/Democracy in Action – revised Jan. 16, 2010
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The American Prospect / 2 / 2006 / Obama / Barack Obama has modest goals... / Photo / Corbis, McDavid HendersonChicago / 3 / 2006 / Obama / 2008? / Photo / Jeff Sciortino
Men’s Vogue / 9 / 2006 / Obama / Barack Obama The Path to Power / Photo / Annie Leibovitz
Time / 10/23 / 2006 / Obama / Why Barack Obama Could Be The Next President / Photo / Platon
Harper’s / 11 / 2006 / Donkey w/$100 bills / Barack Obama Inc / Illustration / Ray Bartkus
Ebony / 2 / 2007 / Obama and Michelle / America’s Next Couple? / Photo / Kwaku Alston at Stockland Martel
Jet / 2/5 / 2007 / Obama / Exclusive Barack Obama / Photo / Kwaku Alston
The Weekly Standard / 2/12 / 2007 / Obama / Fall of a Writer, Rise of a Pol / Photo / Concord Monitor / TimLytvinenko
The Nation / 3/5 / 2007 / Obama / Transcending Race / Photo Illustration / Illustrations by R.O. Blechman and Tim Robinson
Washington Monthly / 4 / 2007 / Obama / No Time To Go Wobbly, Barack / Photo / ?
The New Republic / 3/19 / 2007 / Obama / The Agitator / Illustration / Dana Schutz
New York / 4/23 / 2007 / Obama / The Winner*
*Round One / Photo / Platon/Art Dept/Cpi
Campaigns & Elections / 6 / 2007 / Obama / Barack Obama Special Series: Early Lessons / Photo / Brooks Kraft/Corbis
Vanity Fair / 7 / 2007 / Obama and Don Cheadle / Africa Guest Edited by Bono / Photo / Annie Leibovitz
The American Spectator / 7 / 2007 / Obama / An Age of Obama / Photo / Newscom
Newsweek / 7/16 / 2007 / Obama / Black & White / Photo / Nigel Parry for Newsweek
GQ / ? / 2007 / Obama / Barack Obama Rules / Photo / Peggy Sirota
Vibe / 9 / 2007 / Obama / Barack Obama & 40 More Who Will Change the World / Photo / Terry Richardson
World / 10/6 / 2007 / Obama amid crowd / Preach It / Photo / Kevin Sanders/AP
Sept. 16 photo Indianola, IA
The Nation / 12/3 / 2007 / Obama / Will the Real Generation Obama Please Stand Up? / Photo Illustration / Design by Gene Case & Stephen Kling/Avenging Angels
National Review / 12/3 / 2007 / Obama / Mr. Righteous / Photo / Tannen Maury / EPA/Corbis
Atlantic / 12 / 2007 / Obama; smaller photos of many leading figures / Why Obama Matters / Photo Illustration (mosaic) / Brooks Kraft
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Time / 12/10 / 2007 / Obama / The Contender / Photo / Thomas Fluharty
The Weekly Standard / 12/17 / 2007 / Obama / Saint Barack of Iowa / Illustration / Platon
The Nation / 12/31 / 2007 / Obama, Martin Luther King, others / The Obama Effect / Photo Illustration / Design by Gene Case & Stephen Kling/Avenging Angels. Illustrations by Ryan Inzana
Newsweek / 1/14 / 2008 / Obama / “Our time for change has come.” / Photo / Charles Ommanney-Getty Images for Newsweek
The New Republic / 1/30 / 2008 / Obama / The Trials of Barack Obama / Illustration / Cynthia von Buhler
Black Enterprise / 1 / 2008 / Obama / Why Obama Should Be President / Photo / Lonnie C. Major
National Journal / 2/2 / 2008 / Obama / Day of Reckoning / Photo / AP Images/Charles Rex Arbogast
National Review / 2/11 / 2008 / Obama, crowd blurry in background / The March Is Over / Photo / AP
The Nation / 2/18 / 2008 / Obama / The Choice / Photo Illustration / Design by Gene Case & Stephen Kling/Avenging Angels. Illustrations by Karen Caldicott and Doug Chayka
The American Conservative / 2/25 / 2008 / Obama / Saint Barack Saves the World / Illustration / Chris Hiers
The Economist / 2/16 / 2008 / Obama, crowd blurry in background / But could he deliver? / Photo / nc
Ebony / 3 / 2008 / Obama / In Our Lifetime / Photo / Valerie Goodloe
Tikkun / 3 / 2008 / Obama, supporters / The Obama Phenomenon / Photos / Sabiha Basri; photos Flickr CC/itchy_in_rochester, basile12
USN&WR / 2/25 / 2008 / Obama / Does Race Still Matter? / Photo / Jeffrey MacMillan for USN&WR
Weekly Standard / 3/3 / 2008 / Obama and crowd / Obama! The Man and the Myth / Photo / Corbis
The New Republic / 3/12 / 2008 / Obama / Why You Love Him / Illustration / Heads of State
Time / 3/10 / 2008 / Obama / How Much Does Experience Matter? / Photo / Alex Brandon-AP
oRolling Stone / 3/20 / 2008 / Obama / Barack Obama A New Hope / Illustration / Tim O’Brien
Weekly Standard / 3/24 / 2008 / Obama / The Timeless Wit and Wisdom of Barack Obama / Photo Illustration / Apologies to Terry Gillam
Newsweek / 3/31 / 2008 / Obama
(college shot) / When ‘Barry’ Became Barack / Photo / Courtesy of Occidental College
The American Prospect / 4 / 2008 / Obama / The Obama Doctrine / Photo Illustration / John Ritter
Fast Company / 4 / 2008 / Obama / The Brand Called Obama / Photo / Nigel Parry/CPI
National Review / 4/7 / 2008 / Obama / Behold, a Savior Is Born! / Illustration / Roman Genn
Time / 4/21 / 2008 / Obama
(child shot) / Raising Obama / Photo / Courtesy of Obama for America
National Review / 5/5 / 2008 / Obama, hot air balloon, Chicago skyline / Hot Air Rising / Photo Illustration / Balloon — Danny Lehman / Corbis; Obama — Andrew Gombert/EPA/Corbis; skyline — Jose Fuste Raga/Zefa/Corbis
The Progressive / 5 / 2008 / Obama / Obama Yes: Edwidge Danticat
Obama No:
Adolph Reed Jr. / Illustration / Anita Kunz
UTNE Reader / 5 / 2008 / Obama / Reimagining the American Dream / Photo / Saul Loeb/Stringer
The Economist / 5/10 / 2008 / Obama / Almost there / Photo / nc
Time / 5/19 / 2008 / Obama / And The Winner* Is / Photo / Callie Shell—Aurora
Newsweek / 5/19 / 2008 / Obama, Axelrod, Jarrett / The O Team / Photo / Charles Ommanney-Getty Images for Newsweek
The New Republic / 5/28 / 2008 / Obama / Will Whites Vote For Him? / Illustration / David Cowles
Weekly Standard / 5/26 / 2008 / Obama / The Iconography of Obama / Photo of Illustration / Weekly Standard Photo
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Jet / 5/26 / 2008 / Obama / He’s The One / Photo / Darron Cummings/AP
Esquire / 6 / 2008 / Obama / Ready Set Obama / Photo / Platon
Newsweek / 6/3 / 2008 / Obama / Obama, Race and Us / Photo / Charles Ommanney-Getty Images for Newsweek
Weekly Standard / 6/16 / 2008 / Obama and radicals / Mr. Obama’s Neighborhood / Illustration / C.F. Payne
National Review / 6/30 / 2008 / Obama / The Organizer / Photo / AP
US Weekly / 6/30 / 2008 / Obama and Michelle / Michelle Obama Why Barack Loves Her / Photo / Kwaku Alston/Corbis Outline
Weekly Standard / 6/30 / 2008 / Bubba type and Obama’s shadow / When Bubba Meets Obama / Illustration / Thomas Fluharty
Uptown / 7 / 2008 / Obama / Spike Lee on the Obama Effect / Illustration / Alex Ostroy
In These Times / 7 / 2008 / Obama / Man with a Plan / Photo / ?
Fortune / 7/7 / 2008 / Obama / How I’ll Fix The Economy / Photo / Ben Baker
oRolling Stone / 7/10 / 2008 / Obama / -- / Photo / Peter Yang
National Journal / 7/12 / 2008 / Obama and congressional colleagues / If He Wins / Photo / Tim Sloan/AFP/Getty Images
New Yorker / 7/21 / 2008 / Obama and Michelle / “The Politics of Fear” / Illustration / Barry Blitt
Newsweek / 7/21 / 2008 / Obama / What He Believes / Photo / Scott Olson-Getty Images
5280 / 8 / 2008 / Obama / The Democratic National Convention / Illustration / Shepard Fairey
Ebony / 8 / 2008 / Obama / Black Cool – Collector’s Edition / Photo / Jason Reed/Reuters
People / 8/4 / 2008 / Obama and family / The Obamas at Home / Photo / Martin Schoeller
National Review / 8/18 / 2008 / Obama and int’l leaders incl. Ahmadinijad / ‘Citizen of the World’ / Illustration / Roman Genn
New York / 8/18 / 2008 / Obama and Michelle / Race / Photo Illustration / Illus. by Hank Willis Thomas. Photos MO by Brooks Kraft /Corbis; BO bySoren McCarty/Wire Image
The Economist / 8/23 / 2008 / Obama / The hard road ahead / Photo / nc
National Journal / 8/23 / 2008 / Obama / Obama Democrats / Photo / John Gress/Reuters
oNew York Times Magazine / 8/24 / 2008 / issues buttons / [Advanced] Obamanomics / Photo / Victor Schrager for the NYT
CQ Weekly / 8/25 / 2008 / Obama / - / Illustration / for CQ by Mike Luckovich
The American Prospect / 9 / 2008 / Donkey with Obama tatoo / Party Animal / Photo Illustration / John Ritter
Ladies’ Home Journal / 9 / 2008 / Obama and Michelle / Barack & Michelle Obama / Photo / exclusively for LHJ by George Lange
Essence / 9 / 2008 / Obama and family / At Home With the Obama Family / Photo / Kwaku Alston
In These Times / 9 / 2008 / Obama / Moving Obama Left / Photo Illustration
Nation / 9/1 / 2008 / Obama / What He’s Made Of / Illustration / from the poster by Shepard Fairey; illustrations by Christopher Serra
Weekly Standard / 9/1 / 2008 / Obama and supporters / The Entry Into Denver / Illustration / Thomas Fluharty
National Review / 9/1 / 2008 / Obama / Enigma: Who Is Obama? / Photo Illustration / Corbis/Luba Kolomytseva
Time / 9/1 / 2008 / Obama / Special Issue: The Democrats / Photo / Platon
Newsweek / 9/1 / 2008 / Obama and Biden / August 23, 2008
Springfield, Illinois / Photo / Nigel Parry
Time for Kids / 9/5 / 2008 / Obama / Photo / Ben Baker-Redux for Fortune
The New Republic / 9/10 / 2008 / Obama as playing card king / Obama’s Creation Myth / Illustration / Pablo Lobaton
World / 9/6 / 2008 / Obama, Biden and convention crowd / Two-Ring Circus / Photo / John Moore/Getty Images
mOK! / 9/? / 2008 / Obama and Michelle; insets of daughters / Life With My Girls / Photo / ?
Jet / 9/15 / 2008 / Obama / ‘America, this is I those moments’ / Photo / Valerie Goodloe/JPC
National Review / 9/15 / 2008 / Obama / Barack Obama’s Pet Peacock / Illustration / Roberto Parada
Washington Post Magazine / 10/5 / 2008 / Obama and Michelle / The Beginning of Something BIG / Photo / ?
The New Republic / 10/8 / 2008 / Obama / Worry - Can McCain Win Nasty? / Illustration / Nancy Stahl
Men’s Vogue / 10 / 2008 / Obama / Barack’s Thrill Ride / Photo / Annie Liebovitz
New York Times Magazine / 10/19 / 2008 / Obama / Can Obama Close the Deal With Those White Guys / Photo / Samantha Appleton / NOOR Images
Time / 10/20 / 2008 / Obama / Why the Economy is Trumping Race / Photo Illustration / Photograph by Lonnie C. Major – Vistalux
Newsweek / 10/27 / 2008 / Obama / America the Conservative / Photo / Dennis Van Tine-Abaca
Rolling Stone / 10/30 / 2008 / Obama / The RS Interview Barack Obama / Photo / Sam Jones
Black Enterprise / 11 / 2008 / Obama / Yes We Must / Photo / Lonnie C. Major
Vibe / 11 / 2008 / Obama / An Exclusive Letter from Obama / Photo / Terry Richardson for Vibe
The Source [hip hop magazine] / 11 / 2008 / Obama / Obama Hip-Hop Stand Up! / Photo / ?
Men’s Health / 11 / 2008 / Obama / Special Wealth & Power Issue! 20 Heroes of Health & Fitness / Photo / Frank W. Ockenfels 3
New York / 11/3 / 2008 / Obama / January 20th, 2009* / Photo / Nigel Parry/CPI Syndication
The New Republic / 11/5 / 2008 / Parts of OFA logo and TNR logo / Barack Obama for President
The Editors / Illustration
The Economist / 11/1 / 2008 / Obama / It’s time / Photo / nc
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