Sep 21
Click for full imageGeorge Comments: I feel as if there were drinking involved in the making of this design cover. Or drugs. Or rabies. I think this is what happens when clip art and Photoshop get used in the most horrible ways possible. EVERYTHING is horrifying in this cover. Does anything really need to be said? Just looking at this cover says it all.
Published 2009
Many thanks to George!
(Average: 8.59 out of 10)
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September 21st, 2010 at 9:52 am
Scrollover says it all.
I also like the way the zombification and killerishness are so intense they’ve even distorted the ampersand in the middle.
September 21st, 2010 at 11:54 am
Yes… the rabbit is not happy about something.
Do zombie raccoons go after human brains? Or are they content brains from their own kind… Adam, surely you with the most experience in zombietology would know?
September 21st, 2010 at 12:08 pm
SO this is your brain on drugs. I don’t have any questions.
September 21st, 2010 at 12:57 pm
Truly extra special awfulness.
The ‘coon eyes – actually goat eyes? Squid? – Hilarious.
And the silhouetted bunny figures in the background – I want a whole cover of those characters. This is inspirational stuff. If only I had the talent – or lack of it – There’s a whole comic series just begging to be drawn.
September 21st, 2010 at 1:07 pm
This is an insult to Bunnicula!
September 21st, 2010 at 5:59 pm
As someone who is currently dealing with a severe raccoon incursion in their backyard I am curious as to the distinction between zombie raccoons and their living brethren. As it is they already seem to multiply exponentially and they certainly never stop coming.
September 21st, 2010 at 7:30 pm
Evad: Looking at the full image, it seems like they didn’t paste in any real eyes at all. They drew eyes using the oval/circle tool and some blur.
September 21st, 2010 at 9:25 pm
Somebody lost a foolish wager … I’m just not sure whether the wager was lost by the “artist” or by the author. The bet: “I’ll bet my ten year old brother could do the cover.”
September 21st, 2010 at 11:24 pm
I am amazed to discover that the Midnight Rose group had nothing to do with this book. It seems so terribly much like something they should have done.
September 22nd, 2010 at 3:19 pm
Look out, that rabbit’s dynamite!
Perhaps it would help confuse it if we run away some more?
September 22nd, 2010 at 3:22 pm
Haha, I was waiting for someone to come up with a Monty Python quote. Good show!
September 22nd, 2010 at 4:57 pm
Re: Attack of the Monty Python & The Holy Grail quotes..
“Oh’ well, has anyone got The Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch handy…?”.
September 23rd, 2010 at 5:17 pm
Proving that anyone can get published – and get paid to do a cover.
September 24th, 2010 at 3:52 pm
It’s not so much the cover that’s hilariously bad, but rather the title. If I designed this I would have probably done the exact same thing!
September 25th, 2010 at 3:00 am
On the contrary, I think the title holds great promise for a cover that could be better…but /intentionally/ hilarious.
Or that’s what they were going for here. IT’S REALLY HARD TO IGNORE THE EYES.
September 26th, 2010 at 8:29 pm
I want this book so much..
August 30th, 2011 at 12:31 am
Oh, I remember when this came out. It was only a few years back. I think the idea was to be retro-bad, but it just looked like crap to me. Still does.
August 25th, 2015 at 3:20 am
@Mark V Thomas: I suspect the Holy Hand Grenade might be the only weapon that would work against a horde of these creatures. And on NO account count to five.
January 15th, 2017 at 7:44 am
I thought this was self-published hackwork till I saw it was from Ace and editors/authors one has actually heard of! WTF?!
January 15th, 2017 at 4:05 pm
After the second Guardians of the Galaxy film tanked at the box-office, the cast were forced to do porn to pay the bills…
February 2nd, 2022 at 7:54 pm
Did someone say rabbits?
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