Comments on: Book Cover Smackdown! ‘Railsea’ vs. ‘The Six-Gun Tarot’ vs. ‘The Pirates Wish’

By: Redhead

Redhead — Sat, 17 Nov 2012 04:46:35 +0000

Pirate’s Wish, all the way. I can’t get enough of that Arabesque style calligraphy / brushwork, and the archway, I just love it.

and wow, that Railsea artwork. I am SO thankful I picked this up when it first came out and got the original cover art. the new artwork looks ridiculous.

By: Leo Elijah Cristea

Leo Elijah Cristea — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 14:27:27 +0000

The Pirate’s Wish. Continues on in the same style as The Assassin’s Curse and the red is very bold and luring.

By: Jared

Jared — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 10:49:48 +0000

Railsea, hands down. Although I think the title “The Six Gun Tarot” is cool, the cover… isn’t.

By: Eva Lefoy

Eva Lefoy — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 06:11:52 +0000

Pirate’s Wish. Hint of the exotic. Strange lands. Cross between a video game interpretation of a Saudi Arabian place with a Sherlock Holmes “he spent time in India….” tale.

By: cerevor

cerevor — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 02:59:33 +0000

I thought I had deleted one of the two sentences with the same content…

By: cerevor

cerevor — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 02:57:19 +0000

draw- they’re all entertaining in a stylish, clichéd sort of way. The middle one is most beautifully drawn, but its design is not immediately eye-catching. The Railsea one is obviously deliberately over the top and the image itself is very fun, although it is a bit stupid. The Railsea one is most amusing but also pretty stupid. The one on the right is just a fairly good example of an arabian fantasy design.

By: Nick Sharps

Nick Sharps — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 02:01:25 +0000

That would be majorly helpful.

By: John DeNardo

John DeNardo — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 01:32:32 +0000

Grrr! I need to remember to start including book synopses to maybe help frame the art.

By: Christian Schoon

Christian Schoon — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 00:46:50 +0000

gotta go with manticore and Pirate’s Wish (Assassin’s Curse in the same series also gets a 10 of 10…)

By: Micah Baker

Micah Baker — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 23:33:22 +0000

Definitely the Six Gun Tarot one. The cover just kind of grabs you. It’s very sleek, and that eye is just… well, quite eye catching.

By: Richard

Richard — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 19:06:49 +0000

Six Gun Tarot, definitely. If Railsea had that cover originally, I don’t think I would have read it. Good book, but that cover looks lame.

By: Nick Sharps

Nick Sharps — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 18:58:03 +0000

The Six Gun Tarot also sounds freaking awesome.

By: Nick Sharps

Nick Sharps — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 18:56:23 +0000

The Six Gun Tarot. It’s that eye. It just grips me.

By: Paul (@princejvstin)

Paul (@princejvstin) — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 18:29:02 +0000

Pirates’ Wish. Desert, monster, interesting typography…