All I Want for Christmas is the Blueprint Cover

SEXY BENNY.

The Blueprint series

December 15th, 2023

This cover for the third issue of Volume 31 of the Blueprint is a tribute to the iconic album cover of 1994's All I Want for Christmas is You by Mariah Carey. On the cover, she wears the head of the Benny the Bomber mascot costume. The ads at the bottom are based on CD albums. This is a Blueprint cover for the ages, one that no one could possibly forget.

Status: Available

Crew

Designers

Logan Bauer

Timothy Chiu

Brendan Lucey

Editors

Logan Bauer

Timothy Chiu

Brendan Lucey

Concept

Logan Bauer

Timothy Chiu

Brendan Lucey

Added in version 9.6.0

Last updated in version 26.6.0

Made using Adobe Photoshop 2023 and Adobe InDesign.

Gallery

The final cover for the issue

The full image for the cover, without the logo, info bar and ads

The Christmas logo

Behind-the-Scenes Gallery

Logan Bauer holds the cover so that it can be sent to Zohair Siddiqui. Despite Logan making a nervous face, no controversy had occurred yet.

Chris Beckham looking at the cover

The image of the Benny the Bomber used for the cover

2D art made for the cover that was scrapped

An alternate take on the cover design, where Mariah Carey's hair is visible

The scrapped ad for the Saint Xavier's Vices, Virgins and Values 2023 section that would have appeared on the cover

Blueprint Office Christmas 2023 Gallery

Jake putting up lights on December 11th, 2023

Brendan getting in Jake's way

The crew enjoys the lights!

Trivia

This cover went through infamous controversy just mere hours before its release to ultimately not amount to anything.
The cover was dubbed "Sexy Benny" by Mrs. Heile at the Young Writers' Forum meeting immediately following the issue's release with her saying "What's up with sexy Benny?"

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