“Satire is part of what we do, and it is meant to bring things out into the open, to hold up a mirror to prejudice, the hateful, and the absurd. And that's the spirit of this cover."

At least that's what a New Yorker spokesman said in a written statement about this week's magazine cover. It depicts Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama dressed as a Muslim and his wife Michelle as a gun-toting militant.

The American heritage dictionary defines satire as a literary work in which human vice or folly is attacked through irony, derision, or wit.

Satire has a long history in American political cartoons and caricatures. But does satire translate globally? You be the judge. Here's an alternate New Yorker cover designed by Brazilian cartoonist Siamanca Ozmoni.

Obama on the New Yorker: July 21, 2008. "The Politics of Fear"

Spoofing the New Yorker: Alternative Cover: Siamanca Ozmoni, Brazil.

“Satire is part of what we do, and it is meant to bring things out into the open, to hold up a mirror to prejudice, the hateful, and the absurd. And that's the spirit of this cover."

At least that's what a New Yorker spokesman said in a written statement about this week's magazine cover. It depicts Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama dressed as a Muslim and his wife Michelle as a gun-toting militant.

The American heritage dictionary defines satire as a literary work in which human vice or folly is attacked through irony, derision, or wit.

Satire has a long history in American political cartoons and caricatures. But does satire translate globally? You be the judge. Here's an alternate New Yorker cover designed by Brazilian cartoonist Siamanca Ozmoni.

Obama on the New Yorker: July 21, 2008. "The Politics of Fear"

Spoofing the New Yorker: Alternative Cover: Siamanca Ozmoni, Brazil.