Monday, April 2, 2012

The Dead of Winter

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:

Blind Squirrel said...

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

Philip A. Buck said...

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!

Diana Toledano said...

I would want to read that book! Loving the grey with that accent of color.

Diana Toledano said...

(OK, I just read the previous comments... I'm not very original, am I?)

Dustin d'Arnault said...

Dude! So good! :}

7satellite said...

i love it kali :)

i also love that the color pink was used for the crooked banister! :D