Staffers Musings

Wednesday, September 21, 2011

Hilariously Similar Book Covers


Disembodiment:

I'm pretty sure these two novels were done by the same artist 15 years apart.  Floating head? Check!  Mustachio? Check!  Planets in or around head? Check! It's really a shame that Star of the Gypsies ran out of room the requisite starship battle.  As far as I can tell the only real difference in the art here is the invention of Adobe Photoshop.



                           

Animal Cruelty:

I'm sure you're saying to yourself, come on Justin, these covers really aren't that referential to one another.  And Michael Moorcock is a pretty big deal so maybe you should lay off him.

You know what's a bigger deal? Being towed by around by animals while swinging a large metal object.  That's how you know you've made it as a raper and pillager.  Also, is it just me or is the Daggers of Darkness guy a pirate with two tigers instead of a galley?  Very strange.


                           

Ummm, I think see where I'm going with this:

This is self explanatory isn't it?  Artists, I know you get a sick excitement out of hiding the male genitalia in images.  We've all seen the Little Mermaid.  But could you at least be SLIGHTLY more subtle?  I don't think this is too much to ask.


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