Aug 05
Good Show Sir Comments: When the whole plot is given away in the title. (Read the back cover).
Published 2017
Good Show Sir Comments: When the whole plot is given away in the title. (Read the back cover).
Published 2017
August 5th, 2020 at 9:41 am
Random thoughts:
You know, maybe, just maybe if you’re a visible and tangible “ghost”, just maybe you’re alive and you DIDN’T die?
The cover itself is of the “drunk aspiring webcomic artist does a 5 minute sketch on a bet” style of art, and a notable example at that!
Does the Author portrait on the back cover seem familiar to anyone else? Maybe it’s the hat, or the pet, or the build, but somethings ringing a distant carillon to me…
August 5th, 2020 at 9:44 am
For your information this cover meets book-industry standards, so be kind.
https://www.trafford.com/Services/Design/CoverDesign/ArtDirection.aspx
August 5th, 2020 at 9:59 am
@fred, you wound me! The “drunk aspiring webcomic artist does a 5 minute sketch on a bet” style is a (relatively since we’re talking about webcomics) long established and deeply nuanced genre even if you ignore the stylistic language and individualistic flourishes! Far from mocking this cover, I was proclaiming it as an early (or possibly pre-interwebs) example to be admired, not mocked.
TL/DR: “I don’t know much about art, bit I know what I like!” 🙂 🙂
August 5th, 2020 at 10:11 am
I see bad art.
August 5th, 2020 at 10:39 am
@DaveM 1) Spoiler alert?
@Fred, DaveM 3) Indeed it is an exact science and difficult to get right, artists needing to follow a precise formula involving units of alcohol/bodyweight and art style when sober/time to achieve an authentic look.
August 5th, 2020 at 10:53 am
Also the cover of Subsidence: Its Causes and Solutions.
August 5th, 2020 at 11:37 am
Mr Chelossi sold bottled water once upon a time. Alas the website mentioned is no longer in existence. This youtube video is on a par w/ his book covers.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTmm1z2SvgI
August 5th, 2020 at 2:38 pm
Woman: “I see a little silhouette-oh of a man.”
Man: “Scaramouche, Scaramouche will you do the fandango?”
Scaramouche: (At right, does the fandango.)
August 5th, 2020 at 3:13 pm
@verylatetotheparty there is also the final step: The publisher must be drunk at the time the printing starts, otherwise they might have second thoughts.
August 5th, 2020 at 3:52 pm
When Take Your Kid To Work Day goes terribly wrong.
August 5th, 2020 at 4:28 pm
As mentioned before on other Dante posts, Humboldt County is the weed capital of California. This may be an accurate depiction of the coroner’s office (including the paint choices and the hand drawn morgue freezer sign). There’s probably a bong just off screen.
August 5th, 2020 at 6:44 pm
[email protected]:
DPC (in agent’s office in Humbolt County): Like, like, get this, man, he’s, like, he’s a *ghost*, but he’s, like, *visible* — to ALL LIVING BEINGS … ALL THE TIME. (Passes blunt.)
Agent (taking a hit): Ohhhh … dude … that is so … like, wow, man …
DPC: And look: the doctor is coming THROUGH THE WALL.
Agent: It all makes sense, man. I’m seeing it now.
August 5th, 2020 at 10:04 pm
@JuanPaul: Oh, I just took the publisher being drunk as a given.
August 5th, 2020 at 11:03 pm
Well, around here (Upper Austria) “Schauweker” sounds exactly like “schau wegga”, local dialect German for “don’t look” – so the name checks out.
August 6th, 2020 at 12:46 am
“Humboldt County.” ‘Nuff said. Explains story and art. Duuuuude.
@DaveM: There’s a psychiatric syndrome where someone thinks they’re dead. Maybe that’s what this guy has? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cotard_delusion
@Leak: I wonder if he comes from a long line of bad Austrian artists? “That family thinks they can draw, but don’t look at their work! Gott in himmel, it’s bad!”
August 14th, 2020 at 9:57 am
The tragic story of a physician trapped in a dimension where pespective doesn’t exist.