I vote for the WTF tag. WTF is that thing in the top left corner, on the orange background, under the “photo”? The “photo” looks like it’s pasted over a previous orange cover, maybe to hide it for whatever reason. Maybe it was EVEN WORSE than this one. And WHY would anyone remove the black pixels from the woman’s face and hair? Was that a magic wand accident? Color replace gone wrong? How can anyone think this looks good with the woman having holes in her mouth, eyes and hair? WTF.
Makes sense. Unfortunately, we’ll never know the real truth. What a tragedy.
Ericb
8 years ago
So, what, is she a cave woman he found frozen in a glacier and revived?
Naaman Brown
8 years ago
It’s obvious to me this cover is a homage to Mr. B.I.G.
Replacing black in a superimposed image with background elements was a hallmark of Special Fx movies by producer Bert I. Gordon (“The Cyclops”, “Amazing Colossal Man”, etc.)
Locusts on (the photo of) the Wrigley Building — scary! My kid brother ducked and watched “Beginning of the End” peering between the backs of the seats in front of him.
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I vote for the WTF tag. WTF is that thing in the top left corner, on the orange background, under the “photo”? The “photo” looks like it’s pasted over a previous orange cover, maybe to hide it for whatever reason. Maybe it was EVEN WORSE than this one. And WHY would anyone remove the black pixels from the woman’s face and hair? Was that a magic wand accident? Color replace gone wrong? How can anyone think this looks good with the woman having holes in her mouth, eyes and hair? WTF.
Oh, crap, I just realized this is from the same author as those amputees on the road from the other day. At least she knows about branding.
I’d like to second everything Catie said.
I think it might be a .png that was originally meant to be seen on a black background.
Makes sense. Unfortunately, we’ll never know the real truth. What a tragedy.
So, what, is she a cave woman he found frozen in a glacier and revived?
It’s obvious to me this cover is a homage to Mr. B.I.G.
Replacing black in a superimposed image with background elements was a hallmark of Special Fx movies by producer Bert I. Gordon (“The Cyclops”, “Amazing Colossal Man”, etc.)
So the picture of the mountain must be a postcard.
Locusts on (the photo of) the Wrigley Building — scary! My kid brother ducked and watched “Beginning of the End” peering between the backs of the seats in front of him.
How else are you going to make things look radioactive in the 1950’s?
When Select by Color goes wrong…