"If you're in the mood for an underdog story, I recommend perusing Billboard's Hard Rock Digital Song Sales chart. It is home to, genuinely, one of the most substantial feats of endurance in the history of popular music, and it shows no sign of slowing down anytime soon."
The New Yorker cover stands as one of the last bastions of wordless storytelling in our culture, a place where an artist's singular vision can still speak directly to readers.