New Covers For Old 2022: Day XXVI

A couple of solid upgrades, and much flailing.

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Original Cover

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Original Cover

Updated Cover

Original Cover

Updated Cover

Original Cover

Updated Cover

Original Cover

Updated Cover

Original Cover

Updated Cover

Original Cover

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Original Cover

Updated Cover

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Johno McMoose
Johno McMoose
2 years ago

Everything would be an improvement for Rick Toenail, that monster of a goose being a strong contender for the Lousiest Cover Ever. That said, the new cover of “Hardening the Steel” does show something looking like steel rather than, if I may be pardoned, wood.

Zsuzsa
Zsuzsa
2 years ago
Reply to  Johno McMoose

The new cover still belongs here, but it’s such a vast improvement over the original that it feels like it’s practically a work of art.

Hitch
2 years ago
Reply to  Johno McMoose

Yes, I have to upvote this one concept/idea a million times:

The goose cover deserves its own Walk of Fame. I mean, it so far outclasses all other LBCs, that it should win something…unique. We should name a special/speshul award for it:

The Goosie.

(bow). I hereby petition for the creation of The Goosie.

Hitch
2 years ago
Reply to  Nathan

Well, that’s why you make the site-owner Teeny Bucks, Nathan. I mean…firstly, it’s your site and your award, so you get to create those parameters, mas oui?

However, I would think that it would require some sort of 100% vote by those that would. Perhaps it’s one more round of voting, after the Lousies? Or…Hmmmmmm…not sure.

But truly, the TDDSS&PP book deserves a spot of its own, does it not? Something unique, in the annals of LBC? We’ve had some grotesqueries, fersure, that were…well, deserving, let’s say. I still remember that other book with the big-booty wimmen that was..horrifying.

But this one, that bird…there is truly something OUTstanding about it that deserves more than passing acknowledgement alone. I hate to see that level of speshul go unrewarded.

PhilO
PhilO
2 years ago

My vote for most improved in this group is Adalbert. It actually looks like a book cover now. At least in thumbnail – truth be told, I didn’t look at the full sized version so if it looks like crap full size, I retract my compliment.

Hitch
2 years ago
Reply to  PhilO

I would agree that Adalbert is definitely the pick of the litter here. Nothing else is even close, in terms of pure improvement and general, overall commercial viability.

Ian
Ian
2 years ago

My vote for most downgraded is hardening the steel.
The previous one looked like the high schooler put a lot of effort in it.
The new one looks like it was slapped together from two photos

Myk
Myk
2 years ago

Are we gonna just ignore that Doggie Darwin could have improved their cover with almost ANY change and instead just went with a somehow worse color palette?