Something awful fantasy book covers

Pinup, illustrations, advertisments, and other things that are not pulp covers. Discover unique things to do, places to eat, and sights to see in the best destinations around the world with bring me. The results range from unintentionally hilarious to just plain botched, from unfair presentation of a wellwritten tome to apt packaging for trash. These elements offer the ability to create amazing covers by blending both the familiar and unfamiliar. Kesrick by lin carter this book was released way back in 1982. Nov 29, 2015 bad book covers are hilarious but they do undermine the credibility of the book and its. To make the natural transition from athletic prowess to fantasyscifi books.

Goons then contributed their own covers and bookjacket summaries, and. Needless to say there were some awful ones too, but some greats off of the top of my head. How to make your own fantasy book cover online placeit blog. Mckillips the book of atrix wolfe and the tower at stony wood. Good show sir only the worst scififantasy book covers. The dark knights are a regular enemy throughout much of book one and in the early parts of book two, but for the most part they are unaware of the key of quinaris power. Enjoy the latest round of pure, transcendental cover images from the sa forum goons. Aug 07, 2014 the five worst book covers ever when penguin posted the artwork for their new edition of charlie and the chocolate factory on facebook, users guessed it was a new cover for lolita or the valley of. Send us your terrible covers so we can document the carnage to our eyes. The art of some is good, but the treatment of the type is horrible, a good cover is a composition of art if there is and typography. But there are a whole bunch of other degenerates and lessthansavory characters to cover, too, from steve. May 12, 2017 the type of font you should use will largely depend on the genre that your book is written in. What are some books that you love, or that were even just decently good, but the covers made them seem like something completely different.

Id say that its partially due to the trend of hilarious ironic covers that punk music has at this point thoroughly lost its good name and ought to be retired forever as a. The books great failing was making the drunken, perverted uncle badtouch utterly delightful. When people say you cant judge a book by its cover, theyre referring to the type of charlatanry recently perpetrated by the something awful. Terry goodkind apologises after insulting cover of. You have found an amazing image youd like to use as cover background, or maybe youre looking for premade. Everyone in the underland has been taking great pains to keep the prophecy of time from gregor. Sep 27, 2011 the glory of bad sf and fantasy cover art. The cover is saying, yes, fine, the book is called the wayfarer. In the hierarchy of artistic credibility, the ironic punk cover falls somewhere just below erotic harry potter fan fiction and just above anne geddes photography. The 10 most awesomely terrible sci fifantasy paperback covers. May 14, 2014 now, we have a great selection for you this time around with some varied examples of what not to put on the front of your fantasy novel if you actually want people to buy it. It is about two yearold best friends, jim nightshade and william halloway, and their nightmarish experience with a traveling carnival that comes to their midwestern home, green town, illinois, on october 23rd. Premadeebookkindlecoversfantasy the cover collection.

I mean granted, i dont expect too much intellectual discussion from a group of people who want to be slave women and abide by a set of rules written in a series of fantasy books from the 1960s and then adapted to fit the internet s aol chatrooms, but it nonetheless is disturbing to witness a whole community of people dedicated to wearing domination collars and submitting to people with bellies the size of mature bulls. Covers that look like they were painted by the fat chick who runs the dragonwolffairy art table at the local anime convention. The something awful forums archives comedy goldmine terrible fantasy book covers. May 20, 2015 sff book covers that made you pick up the book. The comedy goldmine examines the funniest and most creative threads from the something awful forums. See more ideas about books, cover and pulp fiction. Like most guys, ive got posters of heavily muscled men on the walls of my room, and can say that i honestly have no problem staring at the male form for hours on end. And if you have something say, cover art thats begging to be judged, and is also a book rules are made to be broken, you know. Most of the covers from this list fail as compositions despite having good art. Something awful fantasy book covers, horror book covers, book art. Jack gaughan the crystal gryphon by andre norton 1972.

Includes hilarious photoshops, amusing work stories, parodies, and other types of oddball humor. Here are thirteen scififantasy book coversfeaturing stunning landscapes, dragons both fearsome and anatomical, vintage space illustrations. Feb 17, 2014 something awful terrible fantasyscifi book art. Parents worried that their children would now view potential molesters as funloving pranksters. Alright, yes, on any other book, manhorse and smurfelf would look horrible. The underland chronicles 5 book series kindle edition.

If youre looking for book cover design inspiration, here is a collection of 75 awesome book covers. Fsg 10 books the designer with the most covers on the list. Your premade book cover will include your own title, your author name and any tagline or subtitle you wish to include. To make the natural transition from athletic prowess to fantasy scifi books. May, 2010 uncle badtouch had its heart in the right place. If nothing else, a lifetime of reading comic books has given us an incredible appreciation for art depicting things that in any other context would. I had trouble quickly finding fantasy novel covers that were truly awful instead of just generic. A successfully designed book cover will convey the tone of your book, will whisper hints without giving it all away, and will excite readers into actually opening up the book and reading. Anony mouse requested the bestworst cover art from genre fiction. No ones mind will be changed by karls book, but its a valuable. Print book cover design package is ideal for both firsttime authors and established authors. All our premade book covers are available as ebook, audiobook and kdp full print covers. David sedaris, calypso, design by peter mendelsund lucia berlin, evening in paradise, design by na kim.

The standard fantasy novel cover as featured in the op has your young, generically handsome hero on horseback with his generically hot love interest riding through a generic landscape with a castle in the background. So with out any unnecessary explanations, here are my next five nominations for worst fantasy covers. Great prices, fast turnaround, and one on one collaboration are just the start of the fantastic customer service you get with fantasy book design. These tales are set in modern times, and often seem very familiar but there is always something different about the realities these books are set in. See more ideas about classic sci fi books, sci fi books and science fiction. Fantasy novel cover art is often wonderful and awful and laughable in a way that is independent of the actual content of the book its trying. Here, though, i dont get that familiar dratitthiscovermakesthisbooklookterrible feeling. Oct 20, 2007 it invites horrible preconceptions of what fantasy is like. Making reading fun through trickery something awful. List those humorous, weird, shocking, andor awful covers that just made you either laugh out loud or stare in shock.

Humorous, weird, shocking, andor plain awful book covers. Gregor suspected it says something awful but he never imagined just how awful. Something wicked this way comes is a 1962 dark fantasy novel by ray bradbury. Theres a lot of debate about sciencefiction and fantasy novels in. Jun 24, 2003 the visible manifestation of slavery on gor could be something as subtle as how a woman wore her hair, or something as overt as a black iron collar hammered onto her throat. Lothian, prophecy puppetmaster lothian was an elven soldier entrusted with healing the blighted land of silvanesti in the aftermath of the war of the lance. Lets look and learn from 50 fascinating book cover designs. Fantasy book covers that make you stop and say, what the gently caress. Terrible fantasy book covers the something awful forums. See more ideas about fantasy book covers, sci fi and sci fi books. Apr, 2020 create amazing fantasy book covers with fully customizable templates. Score a books total score is based on multiple factors, including the number of people who have voted for it and how highly those voters ranked the book. Mar 31, 2010 cover matters is a new monthly feature in which we examine the medium that is first contact between a reader and a book.

The best fonts to use on a book cover by genre inspired. Carefully laidon horror, according to the new york times blurb. Fantasy author terry goodkind has apologised after calling the cover of his latest. These 50 awesome book covers will inspire you learn. Fantasy book cover stock photos download 4,052 royalty free. This can help you come up with ideas for selfpublished books cover and also learn why these designs work ive updated this post in 2019 to feature some latest covers.

Covers that look like they were painted by the fat chick who runs the. The final book in the nyt bestselling underland chronicles. A recommendation that i made in my previous blog posts is to always look at the bestselling book covers in your genre. The five worst book covers ever books the guardian. Contemporary fantasy is a subgenre where magical creatures are hidden amongst us. And her premade covers rival any custom covers out there, period.

New directions 11 books the press with the second most covers on the list. Titles and author names shown are for illustration purposes only. What others say about me award winning ya fantasy author, ck dawn ljiljana is a dream to work with. Aug 5, 2012 a collection of the worst scifi and fantasy book covers of all time. This feature will dedicate more separate space to a topic that has always intrigued, irked, and befuddled us. I know that judging a book by its cover is virtually a cardinal sin, but come onnnnnnnn. The book s great failing was making the drunken, perverted uncle badtouch utterly delightful. So youve just finished writing your fantasy book and now youre wondering how to make a book cover that clearly depicts the history and character of the text. Tad williams stone of farewell dennis mckiernans the darkest day. I think the harry potter book covers are for the most part very ugly. Account platinum upgrade new avatar others avatar archives noads new username banner advertisement smilie stick thread gift cert.

First, i did not get offended, i just appreciate respect. The glory of bad sf and fantasy cover art books the guardian. Although the comedy goldmine has changed authors many times over the years, its focus on the something awful forums is still the same. This is true whether you are an author selfdesigning your cover or a book cover designer designing a book cover for a client. Books art, sci fi books, arte horror, horror art, science fiction art, pulp fiction, fantasy.

Im an illustrator looking for a project and would love to redesign some bad book covers, and since fantasy is where my art focus lies id love to try my hand here. Apr 29, 2010 its motto is brisk and direct only the worst sci fifantasy book covers and the criteria for inclusion are blessedly clear. Each book cover is 100% exclusive and sold only once. Imagine the cat in the hat getting kids excited about a game called your bathing suit area needs tickling too. When using illustration or an image on a book cover, its helpful for scifi and fantasy writers to show original images to help set themselves apart from the. Apr 19, 2014 worst fantasy book covers part 2 posted on april 19, 2014 by bookwraiths your favorite dose of bad fantasy covers is back with some really bad examples of fantasy art, not just the art itself but also the nonsensical nature of some of these covers. Vintage book covers vintage childrens books vintage cat vintage photos funny vintage vintage humor vintage signs vintage items golf quotes.