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Post by hermionegranger on Jan 27, 2021 18:23:14 GMT
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Post by hermionegranger on Jan 27, 2021 18:46:04 GMT
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Post by mstreepsucks on Jan 27, 2021 19:27:30 GMT
almost like they tried to make the artwork as unlikable as possible. lol.
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Post by marianne48 on Jan 27, 2021 23:01:24 GMT
The older covers make the books look like they have lots of words in them.  The newer, cartoonish ones look like the covers of comic books...er, ¨graphic novels¨ which require a lot less actual reading. They figure the kids will pick those up faster than something they actually have to make an effort to read. |
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Post by novastar6 on Jan 28, 2021 0:29:15 GMT
The older covers make the books look like they have lots of words in them. The newer, cartoonish ones look like the covers of comic books...er, ¨graphic novels¨ which require a lot less actual reading. They figure the kids will pick those up faster than something they actually have to make an effort to read.
We sure never had to disguise movies to look like they weren't movies so kids would watch movies because they otherwise wouldn't watch movies if they knew they were movies.
The best thing about R.L. Stine's Fear Street books were the covers. Despite what we know 'don't judge a book by its cover', those made it look like the stories would be GOOD.
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Post by mmexis on Feb 2, 2021 3:09:35 GMT
Also cheaper to pay a cartoonist than an actual artist. A lot of the earlier book covers were actual paintings that were then photographed for book covers.
"graphic novel" style covers? While great, considerably less expensive.
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Post by novastar6 on Feb 2, 2021 6:41:44 GMT
Also cheaper to pay a cartoonist than an actual artist. A lot of the earlier book covers were actual paintings that were then photographed for book covers.
I always wondered how those were done, I used to show some to my mom and say 'they almost look real, how do they do it?'
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