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In 2015-16 President Obama appeared on markedly fewer magazine covers than in past years.  The intense presidential campaign likely pushed him
off the cover.  As an example, the Dec. 23, 2016 issue of The Week ("The Faces of 2016") did not even show President Obama, although curiously Michelle Obama was present.  Several magazines did farewell, retrospective issues (Rolling Stone interview, People, Washingtonian) and there were also a few commemorative issues that came out in December (Ebony had "Hail to the Chief: Saluting Eight Years of Excellence” and Conde Nast "Barack H. Obama: The 44th President of the United States.")

Jan. 2016-Jan. 2017
The Week
 01/22
 2016
 Obama and portrait
 Self-portrait
 Ilustration
 Howard McWilliam
Popular Science
 03
 2016
 Obama
 Build the Future
 Photo
 F. Scott Schafer
CQ Weekly
03/21
 2016
 Obama, McConnell
 Seismic Shift
 Photos
 Win McNamee and Drew Angerer/Getty Images and Bill Clark/CQ
The Atlantic
04
 2016
Obama
 The Obama Doctrine
 Photo
 Ruven Afanador
New York Times Magazine
 05/01
 2016
 Obama
 Eight Years After the Crash
 Photo
 Katy Grannan
The Week
 05/13
 2016
 Obama, Merkel, Xi Jinping
 Economic legacy
 Illustration
 Howard McWilliam
CQ
06/06
 2016
 Obama's face on gavel
 The New Federal Bench
 Photo Illustration
 Marilyn Gates-Davis/CQRollCall
The Weekly Standard
 06/13
 2016
 Obama, Nixon
 The Perils of Secret Diplomacy
 Illustration
 Chris Koehler
Bloomberg Businessweek
 06/27
 2016
 Obama
 Business tips from the 'anti-business' president
 Photo
 Geordie Wood for Bloomberg Businessweek
CQ
06/27
 2016
 Obama as fish bait; fishes
 Trust Bluster
 Photo Illustration
 Marilyn Gates-Davis/CQRollCall
Essence
 10
 2016
 Obama and Michelle
 Grace & Power
 Photo
 Kwaku Alston for Essence
New York
 10/3
 2016
 Obama
 Hope, And What Came After
 Photo
 Dan Winters for New York Magazine
CQ
10/17
 2016
 Paul Ryan and Obama
 The Year of Living Divisively
 Photo
 Al Drago/CQ Roll Call
Wired
 11
 2016
 Obama
 A Special Issue Guest-
Edited...
 Photo
 for WIRED by Christopher Anderson
The Weekly Standard
 11/21
 2016
 Obama and Trump in post-election meeting
 What Happened?  What Next?
 Photo
 Pete Marovich/Bloomberg/Getty
New Yorker
 11/28
 2016
 Obama carving notches in desk
 ("Counting")
 Illustration
 Barry Blitt
Rolling Stone
 12/15
 2016
 Obama
 A Conversation with President Obama
 Photo
 Ruven Afanador/CPi Syndication
People
 12/19
 2016
 Obama and Michelle
 The Obamas Say Goodbye
 Photo
 Cass Bird
Washingtonian
 12
 2016
 Obama and Michelle
 Barack + Michelle: The Obama Years
 Photo
 Susan Walsh, AP Photo
The Weekly Standard
 12/26
 2016
 Obama from behind facing TV lights
 Credibility Counts
 Illustration
 David Malan
The New Republic
 01
 2017
 Obama and Trump shadow
 A Dream Deferred
 Photo Illustration
 Obama: official WH photo by Chuck Kennedy
The Nation
 01/02
 2017
 Obama from behind
 The Obama Years
 Photo
 Pedro Santana
The Washington Post Magazine
 01/08
 2017
 Obama from behind
 --
 Photo
 Pedro Santana
The Weekly Standard
 01/16
 2017
 Obama packing, Trump peeking in the window
 Goodbye to all that
 Illustration
 Thomas Fluharty
The Week
 01/20
 2017
 Obama at podium, Trump on wrecking ball
 Obama's Legacy
 Illustration
 Howard McWilliam
National Review
 01/23
 2017
 Obama
 Outta Here
 Illustration
 Roman Genn
The New Republic
 03
 2017
 Obama poster in garbage can
 How Hope was Lost
 Illustration
    
     Jan.-Dec. 2015
CQ Weekly 01/12
 2015
 Obama and McConnell Fight Club Photos BO: Mark Makela/Getty Images. MM: Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call
New York
 01/12
 2015
 Bust of Obama
 The Obama History Project
 Photo
 Digital Program Office, courtesy of the Smithonian Institution
The Weekly Standard
 03/09
 2015
 Obama delivering speech from teleprompter amids flames
 Obama's Middle East Meltdown
 Illustration
 Jason Seiler
The Week
 03/13
 2015
 Obama, Boehner and Netanyahu in smack down wrestling match
 The battle over Iran
 Illustration
 Howard McWilliam
CQ Weekly
 04/27
 2015
 Close up of Obama's hands signing bill
 The Power Of His Pen
 Photo
The Week
 05/22
 2015
 Obama leading commandos
 Paranoia run amok
 Illustration
 Howard McWilliam
Harper's
 06
 2015
 MCU of Obama leaning back
 What went wrong
 Photo
 Official photo by Pete Souza
The Weekly Standard
 06/01
 2015
 Obama in front of chained boxes
 The bin Laden Documents
 Illustration
 Thomas Fluharty
The Weekly Standard
 06/08
 2015
 Obama from back facing line up of religious figures
 Religious Liberty In the Dock
 Illustration
 Gary Locke
Fast Company
 07
 2015
 Obama
 Inside Obama's Stealth Startup
 Photo
 Daniel Shea
Time
 06/27
 2015
 Obama, ayatollah, missile, hostage in atom symbol
 Iran
 Photo Illustration
 Joe Magee for Time
Rolling Stone
 10/08
 2015
 Obama in Alaska
 Obama's Climate Crusade
 Photo
 Mark Seliger
The Economist
 10/17
 2015
 Obama, Putin and Xi Jinping
 The new game
 Illustration
 --
The Week
11/13
 2015
 Obama, Putin
 Into the muck illustration
 Fred Harper
GQ
 12
 2015
 Obama
 Men of the Year
 Photo
 Inez + Vindooh
Out
 12
 2015
 Obama
 Our President  Ally.  Hero.  Icon
 Photo
 Ryan Pfluger

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