Elephant (album) Magazine" in 2007, Jack White said, "If you study the picture carefully, Meg and I are elephant ears in a head-on elephant. But it's a side view of an elephant, too, with the tusks leading off either side." He went on to say, "I wanted people to be staring at this album cover and then maybe two years later, having stared at it for the 500th time, to say, 'Hey, it's an elephant!'" Upon its release, "Elephant" received widespread acclaim from music critics. The album enjoys a Metacritic rating of 92. The White Stripes were gaining momentum with their previous
The Tower of the Elephant "Conan the Barbarian", which includes Conan and his fellow thieves scaling a tower, battling a giant snake, and stealing a jewel. In the 2011 film "Conan the Barbarian" a character extols Conan's past accomplishments and mentions his adventure in the Tower of the Elephant. The story was adapted into a hack and slash video game for IOS by developer Chillingo, which was released as a tie-in for the 2011 film "Conan the Barbarian". The Tower of the Elephant "The Tower of the Elephant" is one of the original short stories starring the fictional sword and sorcery hero Conan the Cimmerian,