“Merth”, though, reads like a misspelling of “mirth”. Reminds me of a typo I just came across today in a book I’m reading, in which someone described a cot-like bed as a “birth” rather than a “berth”.
A bit of Little Lord Font Overload going on there…
I really have to disagree here. The art is not pretty good. It is at a grade school level and the artist clearly does not understand enough about form, line or shape to make this intentionally “naive” or “primitive”.
This doesn’t mean you can’t like it, but it isn’t up to par for a published book cover.
Actually, the artwork on this is pretty good.
“Merth”, though, reads like a misspelling of “mirth”. Reminds me of a typo I just came across today in a book I’m reading, in which someone described a cot-like bed as a “birth” rather than a “berth”.
A bit of Little Lord Font Overload going on there…
I really have to disagree here. The art is not pretty good. It is at a grade school level and the artist clearly does not understand enough about form, line or shape to make this intentionally “naive” or “primitive”.
This doesn’t mean you can’t like it, but it isn’t up to par for a published book cover.
It must take place on Mars.
Or the planet remaining, millennia from now, after mars and Earth collide and become one big planet.
I can’t decide if the man in the upper moon is Inspector Clouseau or “Kilroy was here.”
typography is giving 60s sitcom vibes
“Mearth” was Mork’s son on Mork and Mindy, so now I’m picturing Jonathan Winters with his pants down
Looks like a middle schooler drew it