Advertisement'I'm Just Trying To Make Myself Laugh': 'New Yorker' Artist Shares His Cover StoriesOctober 20, 2017Mary Louise KellyfacebookEmailBlitt's 2008 New Yorker cover, "Fistbump: The Politics of Fear," was inspired by the rumors that circulated about the Obamas during that year's presidential campaign. (The New Yorker via motherjones.com)