Marge Simpson's Playboy Cover (PHOTO)

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CHICAGO -- Marge is about to do something Homer might not approve of.

Playboy magazine is turning over its cover to the matriarch of Springfield's first family: Marge Simpson.

It's a first for the magazine, which has had everyone from Marilyn Monroe to Cindy Crawford to the Girls of Hooters and even the likes of Jerry Seinfeld on the cover. But it's never had a cartoon character before.

Marge and her pile of bright blue hair are set to grace the cover of the November issue of Playboy. It will hit the newsstands October 16.

Marge isn't going to bare all, though, as the magazine says there will only be "implied nudity" in the 3-page pictorial.

New CEO Scott Flanders says the idea is to attract readers in their 20s to a magazine where the average reader's age is 35.

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Comments

[skybar]

09:01 AM on 10/12/2009

Is Playboy really so out of touch that they think putting Marge Simpson on the cover is going to attract young readers?

[Pinoy Tutorial]

04:43 PM on 10/30/2009

if you think this is our of touch, then I guess you don't have any idea who's hefner's pick for the december issue :D

see the detailed prev: http://pin­oytutorial­.com/besta­ndworst/ch­elsea-hand­ler-posed-­for-decemb­er-issue-o­f-playboy

Its driving fans go crazy as we speak - and suddenly playboy seems so alive now :D

[SmellyOne]

07:24 AM on 10/12/2009

Peter Griffin's wife from Family Guy is the hottest cartoon female going.

[tttony]

05:45 PM on 10/21/2009

Amy Wong, Futurama.

[stagebandman]

03:19 AM on 10/12/2009

I hope she did the pics when she had her implants!!­!!!!

Hubba-hubb­a!!!!

[NichRidley]

12:32 AM on 10/12/2009

The article says:

"It's a first for the magazine ... but it's never had a cartoon character before."

That statement is incorrect.

Leroy Neiman's "Femlin" cartoon character has been featured on the cover of the magazine several times. For an example see here:

http://www­.dtmagazin­e.com/pb86­0.jpg

[stagebandman]

03:15 AM on 10/12/2009

And what about Pam Anderson and Anna Nicole Smith? They may not have started that way, but they sure became cartoon characters­!

[ewj1]

10:26 AM on 10/11/2009

I'd do Marge over Madge any day. he,he

[kcgeezer]

01:40 AM on 10/11/2009

If lovin' Marge is wrong, I don't wanna be right.

[Ian Bourne]

11:23 PM on 10/10/2009

How desperate are humans for news? Is this really attention worthy? What a caricature­...

[me again]

12:46 PM on 10/10/2009

Does she have blue pubes?

[Bloggerrogr]

02:44 PM on 10/10/2009

Politicall­y Incorrect: Does she have blue pubes?
Politicall­y Correct: Do the drapes match the carpet?

Fixed it for ya!

you're welcome.

FWIW

[YeahDonkey]

10:52 PM on 10/11/2009

seriously, does she have blue pubes?

[Joseph Cavalieri]

12:20 PM on 10/10/2009

Kudos to Marge.....

Decapitate­d heads of marge in Stained Glass can be seen at
http://cav­aglass.com­/gallery/P­laygroundC­.htm

This work is currently in the POP CRAFT exhibition at the Society of Arts and Crafts in Boston.

[hypnotoad72]

07:37 AM on 10/11/2009

It's a product; a cartoon. FOX authorized this to happen (yeah, like that's a shock, right Rup?).

It's funny. FOX broadcasti­ng is full of crude shows ("FG", "AD", any number of live action sitcoms, etc) and yet FOX cable is full of commentato­rs bashing the impact of media on kids and culture (I don't disagree with you, Bill, but that special you made a few years back was willful ignorance when keeping FOX out of the picture.)

[DannyGee]

04:30 PM on 10/11/2009

Fox and Fox News are different channels. Thought you'd like to know.

[Wacky gal]

11:19 AM on 10/10/2009

Ahh,what happened to Louis Griffin and Francine.A­ll 3 of them..haha

[gaudreau]

10:36 AM on 10/10/2009

Marge is pretty hot for a woman who's been married nearly 30 years and has 3 kids and a husband who won't grow up. Kudos to Matt Groening; keep it coming.

[hypnotoad72]

07:39 AM on 10/11/2009

Her husband is autistic or has Asperger's Syndrome or something.­.. not said to be said in a disparagin­g way, but maybe Homer is incapable of "growing up" like you suggest?

Oh, this is grand - I'm arguing over a cartoon character! ROFL... It's 6:39 and I'm sober too... (Note to society: Drinking really is bad for one's health...)

[mick7191]

08:35 AM on 10/10/2009

Marge has a great body.

[Aramingo]

07:38 AM on 10/10/2009

Why do I get the feeling that, sometime around 2035, we'll be seeing Maggie in this magazine?

[w0rld0fw0rcraft]

12:42 AM on 10/10/2009

what makes marge hot is not her body but her sweet loving feminine attitude. it seems that trait is disappeari­ng from american women these days.

my advice: always ask yourself -what would marge do?

[rekk]

01:24 AM on 10/10/2009

Ridiculous­. Wonder if you've ever met a woman "world of warcraft", pretty hard to do with four and five hour video game marathons.

[w0rld0fw0rcraft]

02:05 AM on 10/10/2009

four or five? i laugh at that. Ive done 20 hours without a break before. and ive met tons of women in warcraft and they love me bigtime.

[Ken Freedom]

11:43 PM on 10/09/2009

This article is incorrect. Jessica Rabbit, of "Who Framed Roger Rabbit," appeared on the cover of Playboy almost a decade ago.