New Yorker's 'Sesame Street' Cover Gets Explosive Twitter Reaction

For its upcoming cover story "Moment of Joy," The New Yorker released the cover art early Friday morning: an image of Bert and Ernie from Sesame Street, snuggling on a couch and watching what appears to be the Supreme Court on television. This comes just days after the Supreme Court's overturning of DOMA on a 5-4 vote.

Artist Jack Hunter originally submitted his work to Blown Covers, a Tumblr full of "New Yorker covers you were never meant to see." The website is currently down, but here's the Way Back Machine link

There's long been speculation about the nature of the friendship between Bert and Ernie. Whether the artist is suggesting a romantic relationship — or just using iconic children's characters to make a statement — is still unclear.