Sep 12
Phil’s Art Direction: Are you SURE Bradbury is sufficiently recognisable enough to appear on his own book covers? Well, jazz it up a bit; he looks a bit plain.
Published 2009
Phil’s Art Direction: Are you SURE Bradbury is sufficiently recognisable enough to appear on his own book covers? Well, jazz it up a bit; he looks a bit plain.
Published 2009
September 12th, 2011 at 9:12 am
The man who said:
“Lets get Bradbury on there with an exploding book.”
I salute you! Good Show Sir… good show!
September 12th, 2011 at 9:47 am
Paris is always primary when Rays in town. Has he ever presented countdown?
September 12th, 2011 at 10:14 am
Shouldn’t the more appropriate title be RAY BRADBURY’S BOOKS OF BLOOD…?
Oh, right, Clive Barker’s got dibs on that one.
September 12th, 2011 at 10:16 am
You have to look a LOT of times at the author name to spot the “super-duper-clever” use of color to hide “Ray” inside “Bradbury.”
Way to go, Art Department.
September 12th, 2011 at 12:03 pm
“Read this and you’ll be aware of my work!”
September 12th, 2011 at 1:28 pm
I bet it was this cover that inspired Rachel Bloom to write her masterpiece:
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September 12th, 2011 at 1:29 pm
Woops, let’s try the link again…
http://www.ucbcomedy.com/videos/play/6825/fuck-me-ray-bradbury
September 12th, 2011 at 4:57 pm
Subtle use of the flag colors of Fran…Romania? We’ll always have Bucharest.
September 12th, 2011 at 8:06 pm
That “hide the name RAY inside the name BRADBURY” trick has been annoyingly used on a whole load of his books:
http://tinyurl.com/embeddedray
Another favourite in this vein is his book of essays which appears to double as a TWO RONNIES tribute:
http://img.neoseeker.com/boxview.php?iid=14140&eid=33989&type=front
September 13th, 2011 at 10:16 am
Ray Bradbury’s THE DAY THE EIFFEL TOWER WAS COVERED IN BLOOD
(Parental Advisory – Lots of Blood)
September 13th, 2011 at 6:29 pm
It looks like Ray blasted the Eiffel Tower with a giant “sh-art”. He’s trying a bit of subterfuge by showing us his book of lights.The look of guilt is clear on his face.
October 1st, 2011 at 11:29 pm
“That “hide the name RAY inside the name BRADBURY” trick has been annoyingly used on a whole load of his books”
I bet they’re paying the designers by the number of characters.
October 2nd, 2011 at 9:21 pm
Who here has played Ultima series of games?
“KILLER JOKES
by Trixter
Welcome reader and learn the age old art of practical jokes. I, Trixter have studied long and hard from the tomes of the ancient masters to achieve the knowledge and wisdom that I may now impart on you, the novice.
Chapter One:
Exploding Books
(Heh, heh…)”
July 27th, 2012 at 7:46 pm
Re: bRAdburY:
It could have been worse. At least they resisted the temptation to to for
bRADbury. Totally radical, dude!