Just about everyone who follows this blog will want a copy of Breathless Homicidal Slime Mutants. Steven Brower teaches conceptual design at the School of Visual Arts in New York City. He takes a historical approach to the development of the paperback. Examples of 19th Century works lead to the rise of penny dreadfuls and pulp fiction. The rise of paperbacks in the 1940s and the growing inventiveness of cover artwork grace the 304 color pages of Breathless Homicidal Slime Mutants. Mysteries, science fiction, westerns, romance novels, fantasy, literature: examples of all these genres and their cover artwork fill these pages. Be prepared for hours of delightful browsing! GRADE: A
Well, he has a great title.
My only quibble, Bill, is that Brower should have found covers in better shape. Perhaps if he had used the Kelley Collection…
Just what I was going to say, Bill.
I like the cover and I like having over 300 pages of paperback covers to look at, Jeff.
I want it.
You’ll like BREATHLESS HOMICIDAL SLIME MUTANTS, Evan. There’s a little something here for every paperback fan.
George-sometime why don’t you post your five all-time favorite covers. It would be fun to see your choices.
Good idea, Patti! I’ll do it for tomorrow’s posting.
Wow, that was fast. How can you pick 5 all-time favorites so quickly? It would take me a week just to try remembering them, well, I can think of a couple right away, but…
This book looks really interesting.
I’d probably pick five different covers next week, Rick.
You could make it a regular feature then.
I’m always eager to share cool cover artwork, Patti.