Pretty Boy Guthrie September 26, 2013NathanCovers11 Comments Pretty Boy Guthrie oh lord… aspect ratio bad font choice instamatic WTF Previous postAscension Next postThe Seventh Traveler
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.