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Gorgeous ampersand from Kevin Wada (see it in all its glory in our most recent issue).

You can check out all our ampersands here.

Here’s a figure I did for the end of year edition of The New Republic.  They include some variation of an ampersand in each edition, and this time they wanted to go with a superhero themed one.  The ampersand has been the symbol of TNR since it’s founding in 1914.  So the challenge of the piece was to make a superheroine in 1914 inspired garb.  I had no.  Idea.  What.  To.  Do.  How do you combine elegant, but stuffy, 1914s female fashion with a superhero?  It struck me, finally, to look into turn of the century circus performers for inspiration, as they would be wearing clothing that might most resemble a superhero.  And here’s what I came up with!  She’s sort of like a Wonder Woman-esque amazon with long mermaid locks.  Let me know what ya think ;).