Esquire vs. RollingStone Brazil

Original post at SPD.

Portland Monthly vs....

Check out the original post at SPD. Pretty interesting.

New York Magazine / The Rolling Stones

"Whether New York Magazine's Facebook cover was inspired by The Rolling Stones album art from "Black and Blue" or not, the parallels are there." Thanks to SPD.

Tribute or Mockery? The Stranger's version of Time

Thanks to SPD.

Rolling Stone Tribute Cover

Pregnancy magazines tribute to Janet Jackson's Rolling Stone cover. Found here.

Album Cover Coincidence?

Jay-Z's The Blueprint 3 (right) and it's predecessor Secret Machine's Now Here is Nowhere. Found here.

Attack of Stock Photos

Found here.

Tribute: National Lampoon Update

Original National Lampoon cover (Jan. 1973), Las Vegas Weekly (Nov. 2005), Texas Monthly (Jan. 2007) & Folio (Oct. 2008).

Texas Monthly vs. Indianapolis Monthly

Texas Monthly (Dec 08) & Indianapolis Monthly (July 09). Thanks to Ben as always!

CHEAP EAT CHEAP EAT CHEAP Compilation

I'm sure these covers can go on forever....and yes I went to Five Guys after compiling these.

Parody: EW's Take on the New Yorker Cover

Tribute: Texas Monthly's Nod to National Lampoon

Men's Health Doubletake

Same coverlines. Found via gawker. According to editor it was intentional. Maybe that earlier cover sold really well?

Billboard vs. Mediaweek

Similar covers spotted by Robert Newman. I actually did a few illustrations for that issue of Billboard.

The Incredible Shrinking...

Here are few more similar concepts. Credit to Neil Jamieson and Robert Newman.

Esquire vs. Wizard

I quite like the Wizard one. Less words makes it an easier to read than the Esquire original. Thanks to Ben!

Burger War! NY Mag & St. Louis covers

Thanks to Benjamen Purvis.

Esquire vs. Texas Monthly

Another one spotted by Benjamen Purvis. Thanks Ben!

'Friends' & 'Glee' RollingStone covers

Both covers photographed my Mark Seliger.

Seattle & New York Magazine

As spotted by Benjamen Purvis.

'A Clockwork Orange' Tribute

Found an unexpected tribute to 'A Clockwork Orange' during one of the cartoons my kids watch. Cool in a graphic design way but creepy in a parenting way.

Boston Phoenix & Time Magazine

Design for the 11/13/09 Boston Phoenix and TIME magazine’s 11/23/09 issue.

Thanks to Kristen for this one.

New Republic, Time & Newsweek

Doubt that any of these are direct ripoffs. Not an uncommon concept, although the New Republic's version is a bit more interesting.

Disney Doppelgangers

Looks like even Disney rips themselves off to save a little time animating...

Texas Monthly Look-A-Likes

Both Texas Monthly covers preceded the Rhode Island and Boston magazine covers. These covers could almost be coincidental, but given the popularity of Texas Monthly in the magazine design world, I doubt that they are. I could almost forgive the Rhode Island cover, but the way the long headline runs above the masthead is almost identical to the TM cover, revealing it's not an accident. The Power cover is just too close for comfort.

My Ralph Steadman Tribute

More on this illustration here: btillustration.blogspot.com

German Maxim likes Esquire, Too

Here's another case of the Esquire type look spreading to other mags.

Esquire / Transworld Snowboarding

Transworld Snowboarding bit off Esquire's cover text treatment. Esquire's been doing this 'text behind the image' thing for a while. While the Snowboarding cover isn't executed that well, you can hardly blame them for trying to mimic the technique.

The Joker's Take on Obama's Poster

I know everyone has seen about a million parody versions of the Obama Hope poster design. While most are lame, this one rocks!!

Attack of Stock Photos

Time Magazine and the "X" Covers

I like these covers. Simple, effective. Prediction: The next time they employ the "X" cover design will be when they find Bin Laden.....

New York Times vs. Coast magazine

New York Times got ripped off by Coast magazine. Found here.

Harper's Bazaar vs. W Magazine

I'm guessing this probably isn't an intentional or direct ripoff. The Harper's Bazaar cover was done about 15 years ago and I'm sure this type of make-up/pose is fairly common in the fashion world.

Vanity Fair Does Milton Glaser Dylan

This ones goes in the tribute department. I really like this layout Vanity Fair did. It's a great nod to the famous Glaser poster illustration of Dylan.

MKE magazine vs. Milwaukee magazine

A 2009 Milwaukee magazine cover made an obvious ripoff of the now defunct MKE magazine, which was done 2 years ago. The editor is blaming the photographer, who evidently had photographed both magazines covers but did not disclose the fact that he had already done this cover concept before. Hmmmm...very interesting...