Feb 08
Raoul Comments: Art Director’s challenge: “Here’s a Christmas ornament and a G.I. Joe. Make me a cover!”
Published 1968
Raoul Comments: Art Director’s challenge: “Here’s a Christmas ornament and a G.I. Joe. Make me a cover!”
Published 1968
February 8th, 2023 at 12:18 pm
The optimistic interpretation is that the orange stuff is blancmange. . .
February 8th, 2023 at 4:59 pm
Well, who am I to judge… I’ve made a few book covers with toy props myself:
https://www.akademibokhandeln.se/bok/ensam-i-varlden/9789198529579
February 8th, 2023 at 6:33 pm
@A.R.Y.—But your cover is kinda cool. At least it doesn’t look like the toy prop is being flushed down a cosmic space toilet!
February 8th, 2023 at 6:44 pm
The Martian colonists eagerly awaited the annual arrival of the knick-knacks, tchotchkes, and gewgaws.
February 9th, 2023 at 1:31 am
Sputnik repurposed for medical exams for very large space-folk?
February 9th, 2023 at 2:14 am
No matter how I tilt my head, I can’t get my trifocals to… oh, it’s the cover art… never mind…
February 9th, 2023 at 4:02 am
@ARY: Yours shows some imagination and also several different colors. Also, it’s in focus.
@Hammy: The most likely idea.
I can’t believe this one has a lower rating than the last one, with Cliff himself on the cover. At least that’s in focus. I’m glad @Emster said something because I just got new glasses and was wondering if I needed to go back and complain.