Epic #dandyspreading
Would The New Yorker's 91-year-old mascot, Eustace Tilley, manspread? Dandies are known for their neatness and style, and are rarely associated with bad etiquette. But it's 2016, and everyone has become a bit of a bar-lowering garbage human, even the 91-year-old Eustace.
The famous character is about to grace The New Yorker cover once again for their anniversary issue (it's practically tradition), and this time around he's shown sitting spread eagle on the subway seat(s), eyeing a bee (mosquito? flying bed bug?) with his bifocal glass, coat tail draped between his legs. The tableau is titled, "Eustace Spreads Out," and it was created by an artist who goes by Liniers. This is the first time manspreading has been featured in the magazine or on the cover, a rep for the magazine told us. (They ran one cartoon, but it was online only.)
Linears says, "I was concerned that the riff may have run its course... But then I realized that the scourge of ‘manspreading’ is as impactful as ever.”
Can someone photoshop Dame Helen Mirren in next to him? Thanks.
