Pretty Boy Guthrie September 26, 2013 Pretty Boy Guthrie oh lord… Spread the love Tags: aspect ratio, bad font choice, instamatic, WTF ◀ Ascension The Seventh Traveler ▶ 11 Comments Oldest Newest Most Voted Inline Feedbacks View all comments Fox 11 years ago We have a new bottom, people. Suzie 11 years ago OMG! Since stick people were not enough we have now moved on to Ken & Barbie. James F. Brown 11 years ago How does anyone know he’s pretty? We can’t see his face. And, uh, the miniature/table-top photography is totally obvious. Jen 11 years ago Reply to James F. Brown We can’t see his face because even action figures can be embarrassed. Penny 11 years ago Also, this is sort of the least of this cover’s problems, but it looks like the author’s name at the top is not centered. And…all the other stuff, too. o.O Kregger 11 years ago Is this from “The Land of the Giants” circa 1965? Kris 11 years ago 3 fonts, all boring, one illegible. And the weirdness of the toy in the rocks… I… *ugh* Bruce 11 years ago Most of the time I get a good laugh over these covers. Then there are those rare times when they depress me too much. *sigh* Scott 11 years ago Pretty Boy Guthrie is no match for Ugly Cover Stephenson. M Joseph Murphy 11 years ago I never thought about using action figures to play out scenes from a book and then taking a picture of it to use it as a cover. But someone did. Jen 11 years ago The little cowboy looks like he just escaped my nephew’s western themed birthday cake.
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We have a new bottom, people.
OMG! Since stick people were not enough we have now moved on to Ken & Barbie.
How does anyone know he’s pretty? We can’t see his face.
And, uh, the miniature/table-top photography is totally obvious.
We can’t see his face because even action
figures can be embarrassed.
Also, this is sort of the least of this cover’s problems, but it looks like the author’s name at the top is not centered. And…all the other stuff, too. o.O
Is this from “The Land of the Giants” circa 1965?
3 fonts, all boring, one illegible. And the weirdness of the toy in the rocks… I… *ugh*
Most of the time I get a good laugh over these covers. Then there are those rare times when they depress me too much.
*sigh*
Pretty Boy Guthrie is no match for Ugly Cover Stephenson.
I never thought about using action figures to play out scenes from a book and then taking a picture of it to use it as a cover.
But someone did.
The little cowboy looks like he just escaped my
nephew’s western themed birthday cake.