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Bad Cover Art thread. I'll start, there are a lot of bad C&P covers

also- if anyone can help me find my white whale I'd be very appreciative
It's a spanish language edition of Camus' The Stranger (El Extranjero) that has a brown skinned man on the cover staring into the eyes of the reader with a blank stare. He is wearing one of those circular hats that look like skullcap/yarmulkes. It had a Latin looking design on it, making it look kind of like a mexican easter egg.

This might help: i beleive that it was published by a company that also makes textbooks for spanish classes because it did not look like a traditional edition and I think said something like "learn spanish" on the cover

>> No.11336626

>>11336620
That's probably actually one of the best Wordsworth covers I've ever seen

>> No.11336641

yay this epic thread again

>> No.11336644
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>>11336620
also learn how to use the archive retard

>> No.11336652
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>>11336626
>good
>faceless featureless bald man looking at lone house
>for a book that goes into great detail describing how the character looks
>for a book that takes place in a crowded city

Pic related is the only good cover that has ever been produced

>> No.11336999

>>11336620
am i the only one who likes these covers

>> No.11337051
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>>11336999
Chzeched

>> No.11337052

>>11336999
yes

>> No.11337088

>>11336652
>>for a book that goes into great detail describing how the character looks
>>for a book that takes place in a crowded city
Oh my God, a cover isn't mechanically imitating the content of the book! How terrible! Better put a drawing of a guy swinging an axe on there, that's a much more elegant solution.

>>11336999
Luckily you're not, because that art is by one of the more highly regarded painters of the past century.

>> No.11337090

>>11336999
watch and learn boys, reroll

>> No.11337094

>>11337090
wait

>> No.11337097

>>11336999
if you mean unironically then yes

>> No.11337101

>>11337094
hold up

>> No.11337113
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11337113

>mfw wordsworth threads

>> No.11337223
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lent it to a friend who gave it back soaked in engine coolant

>> No.11337521
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>>11337113
The current Dracula cover is even worse. I think they're doing it on purpose.

>> No.11337876

>>11336620
that's an early Malevich you pleb. and it fits the content of the book pretty well (Underground Man as the alienated, modern man) without being an overly-literal Photoshop eyerape like the other Woodsworth covers

>> No.11337902

>>11337876
>Underground Man
wrong book, friendo

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11337909

*blocks your path*

>> No.11338252
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i swear whoever makes these shit covers has obviously never read a book in their life.

>> No.11338263

>>11336652
I own that book! Its a great one!

>> No.11339024

>>11338252
where can i buy this

>> No.11339043

>>11337101
shieeet

>> No.11339050

>>11339024
https://www.amazon.com/Brothers-Karamazov-Illustrated-Platinum-ebook/dp/B017YB4AJ4

>> No.11339054
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11339054

I hate Harry Potter and this cover art is cancer.

>> No.11339096

>>11339054
Really fucking hate artstyles like this

>> No.11339100

>>11339054
Why are they all Jewish?