(cross-posted to book_covers)
When you think of Playboy, the last thing you probably think of is ‘socio-environmental exploration of future human survival’. Well, that’s what they want you to think. Playboy’s got their post-apocalyptic plans mapped out and they don’t include anyone foolhardy enough to skip reading the articles in favor of looking at the naked ladies(i.e.-90% of their readership). Almost ingenious, in a way, to have the plans for salvation and future utopia lain out in front of people too distracted by all the flesh.
As you can see by this compilation of articles culled from the magazine, it’s not Johnny Militia who survives Skynet’s reign of terror, it’s the ‘bunnies’ carefully selected, using the magazine as a front, for Hefner’s ‘Eden 2′ project. With the less than 10% readership remaining, Hefner can start the world anew and create the swank, urbane future he’d been dreaming of since starting Playboy all those years ago.
The cover’s colors remind me of older ‘Tales From The Crypt’ comics; probably the garish coloring.
