The full cover for Fast Forward 2.Artwork by John Picacio. Design by Jacqueline Cooke.
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That cover is gorgeous. The painting is so beautiful and graphic. I love the bottom element on the back cover, the browned-out (that's a technical term!) hands. Good job by both John and Jacqueline.
Yes, she did, and many more. Jackie is one of three people in the Prometheus art department. The first two years of Pyr's existence, she did all design work (except for a few that credited Picacio as Illustration & Design). Now two other women also do some of the work, but Jackie has done a very significant percentage of Pyr covers.
Dude, very cool indeed. The juxtaposition of cross and machine-gun (or futuristic fire-arm, lol) brings to mind the interior artwork of Nine Inch Nail's YEAR ZERO (outstanding album, btw). Does the religious iconography announce the anthology's inclusion of a story as biting as the first volume's "Jesus Christ, Reanimator" ? :-)
Yes and no. Yes in that there are some very biting stories in the book (including the final one). No in that the cover does not reflect the events of a particular story. It grew out of discussions about the point and purpose of SF that John Picacio and I were having - about SF's relevance, its need to engage the events of our time, its role in shaping those times. John discusses some of the inspirations for the cover here on his blog, including an illustration by Theophile Alexandre Steinlen featured on the cover of a late-1800's French magazine called Le Petit Sou.
Artwork by John Picacio. Design by Jacqueline Cooke..jpg)
12 comments:
That cover is gorgeous. The painting is so beautiful and graphic. I love the bottom element on the back cover, the browned-out (that's a technical term!) hands. Good job by both John and Jacqueline.
Very glad you like it. I too especially like the hands - and they way they extend to the bottom of the spine.
Batman beats Iron Man, my weeping eyeballs... ;P
Beautiful work by John, as always!
Didn't Jacqueline also do the design of the Killswitch series?
Yes, she did, and many more. Jackie is one of three people in the Prometheus art department. The first two years of Pyr's existence, she did all design work (except for a few that credited Picacio as Illustration & Design). Now two other women also do some of the work, but Jackie has done a very significant percentage of Pyr covers.
Dude, very cool indeed. The juxtaposition of cross and machine-gun (or futuristic fire-arm, lol) brings to mind the interior artwork of Nine Inch Nail's YEAR ZERO (outstanding album, btw). Does the religious iconography announce the anthology's inclusion of a story as biting as the first volume's "Jesus Christ, Reanimator" ? :-)
Alvaro
Yes and no.
Yes in that there are some very biting stories in the book (including the final one).
No in that the cover does not reflect the events of a particular story.
It grew out of discussions about the point and purpose of SF that John Picacio and I were having - about SF's relevance, its need to engage the events of our time, its role in shaping those times. John discusses some of the inspirations for the cover here on his blog, including an illustration by Theophile Alexandre Steinlen featured on the cover of a late-1800's French magazine called Le Petit Sou.
Very interesting, thanks for the link! Can't wait to receive FF2.
Just went to the printer Friday!!!
Hardback or paperback?
Paperback. Hence no flaps.
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