Forget about the insanely creepy eyes of the kid - we've all seen them on these
covers. What I'm curious about is the time period being depicted here. The kids look like they shop at Old Navy. One's in a denim jacket, the other in a hoodie. Then why is a Model -T school bus on the road? Is it en route to a classic car show? Or did these two teens stumble through a
time portal and are now bracing themselves for the fiscal chill of the Great Depression? I don't know. My guess is that there was a failure of communication between the publisher and the artist. The artist was told the book was about
depression (i.e. a young adult novel) and misconstrued this to mean
the depression.
And don't get me started on the author's name.
When half-gods go....where?
Forget about the insanely creepy eyes of the kid - we've all seen them on these covers. What I'm curious about is the time period being depicted here. The kids look like they shop at Old Navy. One's in a denim jacket, the other in a hoodie. Then why is a Model -T school bus on the road? Is it en route to a classic car show? Or did these two teens stumble through a time portal and are now bracing themselves for the fiscal chill of the Great Depression? I don't know. My guess is that there was a failure of communication between the publisher and the artist. The artist was told the book was about depression (i.e. a young adult novel) and misconstrued this to mean the depression.
Scariest illustration EVER!!! I don't know what's more unsettling - The kids with the dead eyes (hey blond dude, wipe that smirk off your face!), the disembodied gorilla head, or the clown in the bullseye? And is the girl sporting a tat on her arm? What does this all mean? Do the kids shoot at sad clowns for target practice? Who will be their next victim? Most likely the reader - the book'll probably suck out your soul by the end of chapter one - it's probably all blank after that. But aren't you drawn to it...just a little bit? Try to take your eyes away from it........see? It wants you!
