Provocative covers
Hire Dennis Rodman to reprise the defunct Inaugural Issue cover shot of George magazine with Cindy Crawford dressed up as George Washington. The exception is that, as fits Rodman’s personality, the cover shot for Ebony would be Victor Victoria-style with him posing as half George/half Martha reprising the famous image of Washington crossing the Delaware river. Instead of standing at the helm of a boat, Rodman would be standing at the fore of a hot tub filled with strippers in patriotic bikinis drinking Champagne. Sure, you’ll be stuck in the nineties, but you can only jump forward a couple decades at a time.
Audience choice:
Kanye West: “All-Kanye issue”/”Anything but KAYNE WEST!”
Best of Chicago 2010