The Cull

The Cull

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Lydia
Lydia
7 years ago

Art I like as a bad cover. Sigh. Well executed painting, and I appreciate the Asian influence, but the main character is very hard to see. It took me a couple of minutes to figure out it was Death personified with a scythe riding a horse. Not good for a book cover. Potential readers will move right passed it. Plus the really lame font.

KristopherGrows
7 years ago
Reply to  Lydia

Do you recognize the art? Is it a classical work I can’t place?

Phil
Phil
7 years ago

It’s an engraving by Gustav Dore, “Death on the Pale Horse,” although the cover designer has inverted the colors. The original can be found on Wikipedia Commons:

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Lydia
Lydia
7 years ago
Reply to  Phil

Thanks! The reversed color is why I assumed it was contemporary. I should have seen it was a manipulated image.

red
red
7 years ago
Reply to  Lydia

Plus the really lame font.

That would make a great Posren Book Endorsement quote: “The really lame font … [is a big] … plus.”

katz
7 years ago

I know who will be first against the wall…

Gary
Gary
7 years ago

So sad that there are so few other fonts to pick from that would be more appropriate.

Naaman Brown
Naaman Brown
7 years ago

Look Inside! and the credits page does not source the art. Plus negative filter, blur, squish aspect. Boo! Hiss! Bad book!
No PosRein for you!