— The Rising Tentacle

Winter Covers

Winter’s here, Christmas is coming…

I searched long and hard to come up with this list of favorite jacket covers for winter

• Tintin in Tibet
  • – Herge
    • The classic snow cover by a true master. I also have a copy of this on the stage play programe and an advert for a Citroen 2CV featuring Tintin
• Krondor the Betrayal
  • – Raymond E. Feist cover by Geoff Taylor
    • Bought on a whim, I’m just about to start the Raymond E. Feist homage with Magician ad work my way up to it
• Rupert Annual 1970
  • - Alfred Bestall
    • There are several Rupert winter covers and this is a great example
• Mouse Guard Winter 1152
  • - David Petersen
    • The falling snow is depicted so beautifully here
• Watchmen #11
  • - Alan Moore / Dave Gibbons [ Dodgem Logic |  Portal |  Dave Gibbons ]
    • Minimal comic cover design at its most magnificent
• Helliconia Winter
  • - Brian Aldiss
    • The Winter cover, when seen in context of the Heliconia series rewally conveys winter in that place. I don’t know who the artist was though.
• The Mountains of Majipoor
  • - Robert Silverberg /Jim Burns
    • I got this book really cheaply in some sale a long time ago. It’s a great Jim Burns example
• The Authoritative Calvin and Hobbes
  • - Bill Watterson
    • Bill Watterson writes the most amazing, poignant dialogue capturing childhood (in a similar but not the same way as Shultz did). Although an American setting, it works globally. The cover from the ‘Authoritative’ collection just screams winter. Get hold of a copy of the paperback version and go straight to page  105 He sees you when… and 112 blustery cold days… Absolute classics!

I’ll add more as I remember/find them

RP