GQ's comedy issue cover is an intentionally-'shopped winner

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I appreciate that they went the extra kilometre to make the errors just subtle enough to take a second or two to realise. And blatant enough that they are glaringly obvious and over the top that we see it’s a lampoon.

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I thought it was great but then the hand at the bottom right made me laugh out loud.

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Yep, visual comedy is a surprisingly difficult medium - you really have to predict where and how the reader’s eyes will travel, which is really non-intuitive and tricky to guide. But they pulled it off, so kudos to them!

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It really is masterfully executed. Whoever made this (or whatever team) is Our Generation’s M.C.Escher.

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But instead of a ball, the ball is memes

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HANDS DOWN our best comedy issue ever. Get it?

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Hold on, I’m going to try something.

Ok, on a scale of 0 to 1, how many times did your head just explode? Be honest!

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Fucking brilliant, I’d say. Head dutifully exploded…

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