#illustrated covers

[littlecakeclub]

Shoutout to the gorgeous French editions of The Realm of the Elderlings by Robin Hobb! The cover art across all the books is absolutely stunning. I keep staring at the illustrations.

That said… the way the series is split is kind of wild 😅 Each trilogy (or tetralogy) is cut strangely — often into two volumes instead of three or four. It makes things a little confusing.

The Farseer Trilogy

The Liveship Traders Trilogy

The Tawny Man Trilogy

The Rain Wild Chronicles

The Fitz and the Fool Trilogy

The translations are beautiful, and the design is just chef’s kiss.

Posting these mostly to show off the artwork — it deserves to be seen and loved 💫

[stone-cold-groove]

MAD magazine - October 1968.

[2021ya]

GENTLEMAN’S CLUB

by N.T. Herrgott

(Telos Publishing, 10/12/21)

9781777171605

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Luca Wexler has grown up in a world where superheroes and villains are a staple of the nightly news. Now at seventeen years old, with eight years of superhero training, a scrappy attitude, and a mountain of sass — he figures that’s everything he needs to make it big as The Avalon Knight. (Behind his dad’s back.) Even though his trainer keeps him on the streets to break up muggings or the occasional burglary, he somehow gets thrust into a supervillain crisis! (Okay, he might have accidentally-on-purpose thrust himself into it.) A genius hacker and social media celebrity — known only as The Gentleman — is at the center of a conspiracy of blackmail, extortion, and exploitation. And seeing as how America’s A-List superheroes are MIA, Luca’s the only one who can do anything about it. He's sure that he's ready. He’s used to picking fights with bigger guys (he’s smol but mighty), but as the situation turns deadly, Luca begins to get the feeling that he might (absolutely) be in over his head.

[princessofbookaholics]

romance books with illustrated covers are a thing now and I'm all here for it

[inkymole]

Published in 2012, but somehow never posted to my website is this iconic cover for Benjamin Alire Saénz’s award-winning novel Aristotle and Dante Discover The Universe. It has its own Wikipedia page, which you can read here.

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MAD magazine - December 1970.

[stone-cold-groove]

MAD magazine - March 1976.

[2021ya]

EVIL THING: THE GRAPHIC NOVEL

A VILLAINS GRAPHIC NOVEL

by Serena Valentino, Arielle Jovellanos (Illustrator)

(Disney-Hyperion, 9/28/21)

9781368068161

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“Sure, you know the story of those wretched Dalmatians. But don’t I deserve a chance to tell my own side of the story? It is fabulous, after all.” You may think you know the tale: a happy young couple, one hundred and one Dalmatians, and the woman determined to turn them into a perfectly spotted fur coat. But who is that monster, that scene-stealer, that evil thing? Who is the woman behind it all? Before the car crash, before the dognapping, before furs became her only true love, there was another story. This is the story of Cruella De Vil—in her own words. Even the cruelest villains have best friends, true loves, and daring dreams. After all, nothing is as simple as black and white. In this first graphic novel adaptation of the New York Times best-selling Villains series, Arielle Jovellanos brings Serena Valentino’s darkly captivating world to life with beautiful and haunting illustrations in a stunning new visual format.