Preliminary cover on the new novel. Out next spring. Design by Mary Schuck. Very happy – best cover I’ve had to date.
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This is goddamn awesome. Thanks for posting, Joe.
Love it!!!
Joe
Just outta curiosity: will the 5 issue comic book series be sourced from the 120-page novella you cut from the book?
The first issue is adapted directly from material that was excised from the novel. All the rest is new stuff, covering ideas that tie into the book, but are independent from it.
Awesome. Can’t wait.
Oh, and this cover alone is one example of why the physical book won’t die. Why settle for it on a screen, when I can hold the actual art. I mean, had HORNS been released only on eBook, we would’ve been cheated out of the textured grooves left by Mary Schuck’s pitchfork.
What does it mena? “Nosferatu”?
English is not my native language but I’m good at it, but do not know how to pronounce the “a”.
Anyways, congratulations!
Manuel,
As far as I know, the term ‘Nosferatu’ was popularised in Bram Stoker’s Dracula, and is basically a term synonymous with (and meaning) ‘vampire’, though I’m not 100 per cent sure of its true origin. And (apologies to Joe if I’ve gotten this wrong) as far as pronunciation, say the ‘a’ the same way you’d say the ‘a’ in ‘car’ (ie: NOS-FAIR-AH-TOO).
No doubt someone else can give you a better explanation, but I hope that helps!
@tinker
I have 3 words for you: album cover art. Once the CD and then the MP3 came along, album cover art died a slow death. Such a shame. Book cover art will eventually follow one day. So sad.
Carrie,
Nah – I lot of people seem to think records and books are analogous, but I don’t think they are. Not quite. Some people will continue to value beautifully made books – especially if they’re illustrated, or if there’s something interesting about the design.
The cover looks awesome. Any chance of publishing an excerpt soon?
Is it finished? I mean, the final draft?
GREAT cover-can’t wait for it to come out….
Beautiful!
Joe,
You bring up an interesting point and I agree with you in part, but I do believe that in time we will see more book covers that translate well to smaller, digital formats though. That means less intricate artwork and bigger, bolder graphics. Kinda like your new book cover.
By the way, check out the new special edition format of Patti Smith’s new CD, Banga, for a beautiful melding of both music and the printed word bound together.
I have more desire that arrive Spain
F—–g Awesome!!!!!
Wasn’t til I looked at the cover that I realized: Nosferatu. Slow train chugging by here.
Pretty cool Joe. I wonder how many people in the book store are going to catch that title right off the bat.
That is a beautiful cover! So very cool concept and design. And all of the sudden I wonder how in hell someone hasn’t thought of that before. So awesome you did. Don’t change a thing about it!
Love the new title and cover artwork, Joe. It strikes me as an an evil version of Ian Fleming’s “GEN 11″ plate on Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.
I had forgotten that Patrick! I remember when I first read that book thinking how clever that was!
As is this cover, Joe. You have guaranteed that folks will give your cover a second look, if only to figure it out. I know we’re not supposed to judge a book by its cover, but if we’re honest we all do it. Did you come up with the idea of using a license plate?
joe hill = pure genius.