However stylish, groovy or beautifully drawn, the cover doesn’t always sell the content but it sure helps. The image above, painted by Jim Burns, is my favourite science fiction cover. It depicts the heroine of the story, Tabitha Jute, and one of her many companions. The detail is so acute it’s almost photographic, and it paints Tabitha exactly how I imagine her. Seasons of Plenty is book two in a cracking science fiction trilogy that would be amazing on screen. I’d vote for Regina King as Tabitha or Zoe Saldana.
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Stand Up. A finely rendered print of the original wood carving by James Grashom. The intimate detail is lost when reduced to CD size, and you don’t get the special feature from the original LP: the pop-up in the middle shows a happy hands-out from the band.
The album was UK number one for eight weeks in 1969 and is now a collectors item.
Oh I love Con Air . It’s the best ‘convicts on the run’ movie I’ve ever seen and the humour is delightfully dark. Ving Rhames plays Nathan ‘Diamond Dog’ Jones, and he’s part of an inspired cast. The styling of his character on the poster is iconic and the tagline is perfect: They were deadly on the ground. Now they have wings. ♥
* Jim Burns on Seasons of Plenty
* DK’s personal cover art
* Banned cover art
* Kes
