Did you ever read Nancy Drew? When I was a young'un I looooved reading about her teenage detective adventures. The pulp-y covers always juxtaposed Nancy with a precarious situation or mysterious 'spooky' objects, but they had the desired effect of prompting kid-Kali to find out WHAT was "The Secret of the Forgotten City"?!
WHO was "The Invisible Intruder"?!
And what the HECK is with "The Crooked Banister"?!
I love looking at the word & image interaction in book covers and old posters, and thought it'd be fun to create my own mystery novel cover for an imaginary heroine.
Here's hoping that someday I get to make a real one! Kudos to Sam for helping me think of a title that had just the right amount of pun, and to Andrea for giving me a fresh set of (smart) eyes!
6 comments:
Nice! I love the magenta accent color especially the way it plays off the skull.
Have you seen Kate Beaton's cartoons based on some these covers?
http://harkavagrant.com/index.php?id=279
This is Terrific! I used to read the Hardy Boys, myself. I always thought Nancy was a bit cooler, but was under the sad impression that they were only for girls. I got around it by having my sister read Nancy Drew out loud :) The Covers were still always my favorite part haha. I'd totally grab Dead of Winter of the shelf for sure! Looks great!
I would want to read that book! Loving the grey with that accent of color.
(OK, I just read the previous comments... I'm not very original, am I?)
Dude! So good! :}
i love it kali :)
i also love that the color pink was used for the crooked banister! :D
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