December 29, 2008 – Doctors and Books!
by Rob Smith, Jr. on Dec.30, 2008, under Books
Took my father to a doctors appointment and to the left is the water fountain there.
Later I wandered to a bookstore and was fortunate to find a slew of action adventure books with the kind of covers I love. Lots of painted covers by incredible artists. Of all the books I picked up NOT EVEN ONE credit could be found for the artists. It’s incredible how artists were treated. Though, artist credit hasn’t changed that much in 40+ years.
Today the only painted covers you find are sience fiction paperbacks and some western novels. Even Harlequin has gone to photography.
Publishers ‘Hard Case Crime’ are trying to bring the painted cover back. Here’s a link to one of their latest books with a brand new cover by Robert McGinnis!
The one above is by Robert McGinnis. I understand he painted the covers for this series. The two below seem like they are by McGinnis also, but with no credit I only can guess.
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December 30th, 2008 on 7:48 pm
Love the covers — bet that some of them are better than the stories!