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Secret Histories pb cover - Bluesman Mike Lindner - 07-27-2009
Scott Miller Wrote:And who doesn't like Milk Duds? Milk Duds of Wisdom, I kind of like the ring. Pearls is becoming antiquated anyhow. The kids will be able to relate.
Let's not forget Milk Dud in LEGACIES. Be nice to see all of Jack's friends back for the final mission in the revised NIGHTWORLD.
Secret Histories pb cover - Legion - 07-27-2009
fpw Wrote:First it was going to look like the top one. It's more accurate (since the body wasn't completely decomposed when they found it), but I thought it looked like someone is reaching for help and they're ignoring him.
So they made it a skeleton. Kind of garish, no?
I said it on Facebook, i'll say it here. Sorry, but I hate it.
The font used for the name Jack reminds me of MacGuyver and all of those other eighties shows ( which given the setting I guess works sorta ) and while the colors get your attention it is, to quote Huey Lewis in Back to the Future, just too damned loud.
Secret Histories pb cover - Sigokat - 07-27-2009
I don't know...there's something about the skeletal arm that looks odd to me...almost like it was stuck in the mud there (no body underneath or anything) and it also looks too long. I actually think the hand (in the top cover) would look a lot better if the fingers were curled. That way it wouldn't look like someone was needed a lift out of a hole.
Just my two Lincolns (after looking at these pics off and on all day today)
Secret Histories pb cover - Bluesman Mike Lindner - 07-27-2009
sigokat Wrote:I don't know...there's something about the skeletal arm that looks odd to me...almost like it was stuck in the mud there (no body underneath or anything) and it also looks too long. I actually think the hand (in the top cover) would look a lot better if the fingers were curled. That way it wouldn't look like someone was needed a lift out of a hole.
Just my two Lincolns (after looking at these pics off and on all day today)
Remember, sig, that cover artwork is designed to get the attention of a potential buyer. That's its =only= job. And I think this cover does that pretty well.
Secret Histories pb cover - Sigokat - 07-27-2009
Bluesman Mike Lindner Wrote:Remember, sig, that cover artwork is designed to get the attention of a potential buyer. That's its =only= job. And I think this cover does that pretty well.
Well, thats your opinion (in regards to your last sentence). If it was me and I didn't know anything about the books or the author I might pick it up and read the back synopsis...and that is a pretty big "might".
But that could be why as awesome as FPW is not evreyone in the entire world has read his stuff...the artwork might not appeal to alot of potential recruits.
Secret Histories pb cover - Bluesman Mike Lindner - 07-27-2009
sigokat Wrote:Well, thats your opinion (in regards to your last sentence). If it was me and I didn't know anything about the books or the author I might pick it up and read the back synopsis...and that is a pretty big "might".
But that could be why as awesome as FPW is not evreyone in the entire world has read his stuff...the artwork might not appeal to alot of potential recruits.
Sure. But you are =not= the target audience, sig. You know Paul's fiction, and will buy anything with his name on it. If you're a 15 year old guy looking for a fun read, and you see a cover with two guys your age, and a skeleton hand reaching up, you just might pick it up. No necessarily buy it. But check it out.
(And if your name is Jack, that's a sale!
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Secret Histories pb cover - Brian - 07-27-2009
Sigokat is correct about the arm being too long and it's position. A body exposed, even partially buried isn't going to last in the woods like that. Scavengers would come along and carry it, in parts, away.
But to convey the jolt of two teens finding a body, the cover would get the attention sought. The lettering in red just adds to the grab.
Secret Histories pb cover - t4terrific - 07-27-2009
KRW Wrote:Jeez, anybody have a papertowl? These pearls in his wake resemble milk duds.
Mmmmm! Milkduds.:p
Secret Histories pb cover - scrappyblue - 07-27-2009
The trees ... don't really care what kind are shown, any forest has more than just one kind of tree so it would stand to reason the Pine Barrens do as well, so that doesn't really matter.
Love the red with the black silhouettes, very eye-catching. The skeleton is better than the hand, it does look like they're ignoring someone in the first one, tho I'd have made the skeleton maybe a little more "limp" so it's not reaching straight out, but regardless the skeleton is good.
Looking forward to reading it!:thumbsup:
Secret Histories pb cover - Kenji - 07-29-2009
fpw Wrote:First it was going to look like the top one. It's more accurate (since the body wasn't completely decomposed when they found it), but I thought it looked like someone is reaching for help and they're ignoring him.
So they made it a skeleton. Kind of garish, no?
Skeleton version is more better. Very neat! :thumbsup: