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What is the cover that Spiegelman refers to here? 

That's Boss Tweed on Harper's Weekly

The cover of Harper's Weekly ("The Brains") by Thomas Nast?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Boss_Tweed,_Thomas_Nast.jpg found on the wikipedia page

The Brains by Thomas Nast, representing Boss Tweed, 1987

So I did a quick search on Thomas Nast and found an Entry in Brittanica online and found out he published in Harper's Weekly. Now onto the actual question.

Michelle and Barack fist pump July 2008 Looked up New Yorker covers

New Yorker cover  http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jackson-williams/people-complaining-about_b_112753.html

http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2008-12-07-NewYorkerObamaCoverArt.jpg - image easier to see

found through google search on this mother jones page: http://www.motherjones.com/riff/2008/07/holy-fist-bumps-new-yorker-obama-cover-features-turban-afro-flag-burning-bin-laden-com?page=1

Barry Blitt's New Yorker cover of the Obamas fist bumping. Found here: http://gocomics.typepad.com/rcharvey/2009/07/the-st-louis-refugee-ship-blues.html

It's a controversial cover of Barack and Michele Obama doing fist bump back in 2008 during the campaign. Some people took issue with the images.

"The Politics of Fear," by Barry Blitt. July 21, 2008.

I Googled "New Yorker cover Obama Michelle" and got the Huffington Post link: http://images.huffingtonpost.com/gen/29981/original.jpg

More Huffington Post articles, commentary on the cover http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tag/new-yorker-obama-cover

The New Yorker, July 21, 2008. Googled The New Yorker and Barack Obama cover and hit images.

New Yorker, July 21, 2008 cover by Barry Blitt.  Googled, "New Yorker Obama Muslim Cover Artist"  Found it Huff Post.

This was a cool distraction   http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/05/20/tribord-easybreath-snorkel-mask_n_5355412.html?utm_hp_ref=mostpopular

Barry Blitt was the image creator.

New Yorker from July 21, 2008. See Huffington Post article, Yikes! Controversial New Yorker Cover Shows Muslim, Flag-Burning, Osama-Loving, Fist-Bumping Obama

Here's a take on why it backfired: http://apictureofpolitics.wordpress.com/tag/satire/

PBS unpacks the controversy: http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/politics-july-dec08-obamacover_07-14/

I wonder what year this statistic is from...

I wonder when this statistic is from

Here is an article about the cartoon: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/07/13/yikes-controversial-emnew_n_112429.html

I searched the image using Google images with a reverse image search on a screenshot of the cover.  New Yorker, July 21, 2008