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Judge a Book by Its Cover

By Anastasia ⋅ November 20, 2007 ⋅  Email this post ⋅  Print this post ⋅ Post a comment

Joseph Sullivan has posted a roundup of the best book designs of the year. But to my eye they look like they’d be wallflowers at any party where these YA novels would show up to tango. Why is it that the kids are having all the fun?

Also, Kara Walker’s art seems to have thoroughly disturbed me and forever changed the way I look at silhouetted images. I keep expecting someone in this Chess Master cover to either fellatio or hang someone. Compare the below to Walker’s work here.