Book Cover Smackdown! ‘That Hellbound Train’ vs. ’20 Years Later’ vs. ‘Double Dead’
By John DeNardo |
Tuesday, November 8th, 2011 at
9:59 am
It’s time once again for another Book Cover Smackdown!
Here are today’s contenders…
\Your Mission (should you choose to accept it): Tell us which cover you like best and why.
Books shown here:
- Robert Bloch’s That Hellbound Train by Robert Bloch & Joe R. Lansdale & John L. Lansdale & Dave Wachter (IDW Publishing) [Artist: Menton3]
- 20 Years Later by Emma Newman (Dystopia Press) [Artist: Unknown]
- Double Dead (Tomes of the Dead) by Chuck Wendig (Abaddon) [Artist: Pye Parr]
NOTE: Bigger, better cover art images are available by clicking the images or title links.
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I have to go with THAT HELLBOUND train because of the power of the image itself, but 20 YEARS LATER is a really nice use of typography as design. DOUBLE DEAD doesn’t look like my kind of book.
So if this is about the covers, where are the artists’ names?
carmen
I usually do print the artists’ names, but in this case, I don’t know who they are. Please enlighten me!
Double Dead looks like the cover for a graphic novel. Is it one? If so the cover is perfect. But since its probably not…
That Hellbound Train is pretty interesting and unique. I give them credit for going with that art. Bold choice.
But for me, 20 Years Later is the best cover. I just think it really stands out. It’s pretty basic, but I think it works. I’d pick it up and flip the book over for more info.
Double Dead has a very atractive illustration, good constrast, but a poor typography choice.
The same for 20 Years Later, awesome colors, awesome texture, not a very good typography.
So I’m going to vote for That Hellbound Train. Great illustration, followed by a neat composition and a typography that fits perfectly.
“20 Years Later” – it has a decaying and ominous feel to it
Hmm. I used “Look inside” on Amazon and THE HELLBOUND TRAIN lists something that looks like MENTON 3, which appears, from a Google search to be Menton Matthews III. However, Google also reveals that’s vol. 1 of a 3-volume graphic novel, each with a different cover, but I think the other versions had different artists. 20 YEARS LATER credits Soro Design for the cover, rather than a person. DOUBLE DEAD isn’t out yet and has no sample or Look inside feature; I had to Google to find that the artists is Pye Parr.
Thanks, Carmen. Post updated. Much appreciated.