The Anger of Compassion

Sexiest. Cover. Ever.

No doubt: it's the sexiest magazine cover ever published. Ever. "It" was the June issue of Iron Man magazine, and there are still a few scattered copies on newsstands, at least in El Paso. The photograph is by Bill Dobbins and the model is Swedish bodybuilder Pauline Nordin. A nice video can be found here.

I like Iron Man, but they've really outdone themselves with this one.

Days after I first saw it, it was suggested to me that the pose is actually pretty suggestive, which I suppose it is. I really didn't see it that way, not at once. What impressed me was the beauty, the obvious health and vitality. Damn.

Posted by Craig Ceely at June 7, 2005 11:07 PM