French artist Emmanuel Polanco has been involved in some pretty cool projects. From his clean book cover designs to designing the posters for the Royal Shakespeare Company to illustrating the booklet for the United States Postal Service's Commemorative Edition of the Edgar Allan Poe stamp.His work leans surreal and offers a fresh perspective for these classic works.for the Royal Shakespeare Company 2011/2012 production of Measure for Measurecover of French Edition of John Steinbeck's The Pearlcover for Fictive edition, 2006Illustration for “Thomas More, l'Utopie” Illustration for Howler magazine, first issue. “The play's the Thing. How soccer imitates art.”More at Polanco's website, In Melancholia
Personalized Pulp
Welcome to the PULP-O-MIZER where, thanks to Bradley W. Schenk, you too can join the annals of pulp cover history.Screenshot There are plenty of design and text options and if you're happy with your creation you have the opportunity to merchandise the pants off it.Here's what the t-shirt would look like:WARNING! This could be a time vampire, proceed accordingly.PULP-O-MIZER: the custom pulp magazine cover generatorThanks to Booklicious for the lead
A Century of War of the Worlds
This is sort of a vertical sampling (somewhat out of order) of cover designs for H.G.Wells War of the Worlds, from Dr. Zeus. This site features book and magazine covers from dozens of countries with an incredibly well cross-referenced database. You can find covers of tripods, flying saucers, humans running at you, humans grabbed by tentacles, or just plain odd covers of this book which was first published in 1898. Dr. Zeus even has a graph of design element trends for WotWs' covers over the last century. While you browse, listen to the original Orson Welles radio broadcast which first aired on October 30th...
A Natural Selection
This complete set of 108 British natural history books sold recently at Bonhams for over $8200. The New Naturalist, containing topics relevant to the British Isles, is arguably one of the most influential natural history series ever published and has been in continual publication by Collins since 1945.It was first published just after WWII ended and signaled a renewal for the beleaguered Brits at that time. In the editors' words, it was intended to "recapture the inquiring spirit of the old naturalists" and to foster "the natural pride of the British public in their native fauna and flora". The first two titles sold more than 30,000 copies each in their...
These Bookbags Have Got You Covered
File this item under: "Librarian Chic." Stylish Parisians have declared there's nothing more on-trend than carrying a collectible edition of a favorite book. Or at least its cover. One of France's most fashion forward designers, Olympia Le-Tan, has just debuted her premiere line of exclusive handbags under the title: You Can't Judge A Book By Its Cover.Designer Olympia Le-Tan Rings In Her New Handbag LineThe Book (left) and The Bag It Inspired (center).The collection reproduces the covers of 21 tomes in canvas, embroidered felt applique, and silk thread. The meticulously handmade pieces are assembled over a book-sized brass framework to...