Zombie Sheriff

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Zombie Sheriff

Wow. A zombie cosplay photo taken in a convention’s dealers room? Is this a new low?

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EricL
EricL
9 years ago

Maybe low enough to catch Amazon’s attention. The link is dead and a search under that author’s name shows no books.

Karl
Karl
9 years ago
Reply to  EricL

The book is gone and the link is dead — so this is a zombie Lousy Cover?

RK
RK
9 years ago

Who wants to bet the picture was authorized for private use only when the author took it, and now the cosplayer’s lawyers have caught up with him?

Sheesh, he couldn’t even be bothered to edit out the background and put something else, such as a police station, behind the guy. It might not have saved the cover, but at least having some appropriate scenery behind the guy would have made the author look less lazy and the zombie cop cosplayer look like he was actually a part of the story.

DED
DED
9 years ago
Reply to  RK

Agreed. With a little bit of effort, Mr. Lynch might’ve gotten away with it.

jic
jic
9 years ago

Is that cosplayer even supposed to be a sheriff? That looks like it might be a California Highway Patrol uniform.

Naaman Brown
Naaman Brown
9 years ago

Maybe part of the plot here is to have the zombie sheriff mistaken for a cosplayer at a convention. Probably not.

The problem with a lot of covers is that the artist assumes that if a uniform is good enough to pass muster for the Halloween costume rack at the party/novelty store, it is good enough for a cover model. Not really, and regulation uniform is details. Maybe close is good enough for fiction about a zombie sheriff. What burns badly is when it is a non-fiction or historic book cover.

Sirona
9 years ago

WTF? Ewwwww.

Steve B.
Steve B.
9 years ago

Having the title over the main character’s face is a nice touch.