But the Blue Catywumpus Is Supposed to Have Five Horns!
Irene Gallo tackles that perennial reader complaint -- covers that don't precisely illustrate an exact scene from a book -- and gives a fuller explanation of How Covers Happen along the way.
I'll personally admit that there have been times when I've told my art director something like "I know the book says this, but that would look stupid -- so tell the artist to do it this other way." I'm not ashamed of it, either.
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I'm not much bothered either. I don't assume that the cover is going to be a mental image that is conjured up while reading the book. Mind you I used to work in publishing and I dealt with a lot of art so I know how divergents things can get. But I think I had that attitude even before that experience.
P.S. It's not a google whack but I put this into Google....
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And you're the only search result. Not exactly a Googlewhack but it's uncommon enough.
Posted by: Jose | August 18, 2006 02:41 AM