Al Gore as Dr. Strangelove in his wheelchair. The editor admitted to me that the idea had nothing to do with the cover story but wouldn't it be cool to make Albert into Herr Doktor Strangelove? Hell yes, I said, and paid off another month of a mortgage.
I ADed this magazine for a while, best studio gig I ever had, worst studio gig I ever had. The magazine was run by a cult and we were the first to test out several Republican conspiracy theories that later on became Holy Writ for the party.
The magazine was also one of the few minority-friendly periodicals in the Washington DC Metro market, back in the "good old days" when finding work in the industry was a nightmare for a perpetually broke South Asian mischling.
Detaching Peter Seller's sunglasses and then layering them atop Gore's eyes was tricky.
Long live Photoshop 5! Long live System 7! Long live the Tower of Power!
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