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New Yorker's Conclusive Evidence: Spiegelman Cover: Lolita? (fwd)
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Further to Brian Boyd's comments on the Art Spiegleman illustration on the
_New Yorker_ cover, I wrote to Prof. Boyd (in part) as follows:
Prof. Boyd -
...I was surprised you didn't have the same reaction I did to the
Spiegelman cover, which is that the image of the girl was inspired by Sue
Lyon's first appearance in the Kubrick film. When I looked at the cover I
immediately thought of her sprawled on the lawn, James Mason looking on in
quiet desperation. Maybe I imagined it, knowing that the VN piece was
inside that very cover....?
His reply:
>Dear Andy,
>
>I thought of Lolita, but then mused, No, this woman is too busty. . . .
>But maybe you're right: Sue Lyon was quite buxom, and the coincidence of a
>female in a bikini lying on a beach towel reading a book, when there's VN
>inside, is probably more than accidental. Spiegelman often multiplies his
>references, as in the image that first drew my attention to him, the
>stylized cover face for Maus that combines a cat, Hitler, and a skull and
>crossbones in the one set of features.
>
>
>Best wishes,
>Brian Boyd
Andrew Shaindlin
shaindlin@yahoo.com
_New Yorker_ cover, I wrote to Prof. Boyd (in part) as follows:
Prof. Boyd -
...I was surprised you didn't have the same reaction I did to the
Spiegelman cover, which is that the image of the girl was inspired by Sue
Lyon's first appearance in the Kubrick film. When I looked at the cover I
immediately thought of her sprawled on the lawn, James Mason looking on in
quiet desperation. Maybe I imagined it, knowing that the VN piece was
inside that very cover....?
His reply:
>Dear Andy,
>
>I thought of Lolita, but then mused, No, this woman is too busty. . . .
>But maybe you're right: Sue Lyon was quite buxom, and the coincidence of a
>female in a bikini lying on a beach towel reading a book, when there's VN
>inside, is probably more than accidental. Spiegelman often multiplies his
>references, as in the image that first drew my attention to him, the
>stylized cover face for Maus that combines a cat, Hitler, and a skull and
>crossbones in the one set of features.
>
>
>Best wishes,
>Brian Boyd
Andrew Shaindlin
shaindlin@yahoo.com