My Favorite Cover

FAVORITE

The controversial April 1968 cover depicting Muhammad Ali impaled by six arrows appeared on the heels of his refusal to be inducted into the U.S. Army because of his religious beliefs. (Ali, convicted violating the Selective Service Act, was barred from the ring and stripped of his title.) The cover, the second of three Esquire covers defending Ali, shows the boxer martyred as St. Sebastian, a patron saint of athletes and one who was shot with arrows for his steadfast religious beliefs. This was one of the covers designed by the renowned George Lois, Esquire's Art Director during the 1960s.

The portrait in my opinion is a pretty good perception of Muhammad Ali, the arrows show that he can take arrows like he can take his punches. Muhammad Ali is known as one of the best boxers of all time he's a well known person and well looked up to. This magazine cover is simple but at the same time its very well put together and it attracts good attention. When you see Muhammad Ali with arrows sticking out his chest you think man he's a strong man because he has ARROWS in his chest. This Magazine Cover actually portrays Muhammad's passion for boxing the ironic part is he was convicted of violating the Selective Service Act and therefore was stripped of his boxing ring and lost his title.