Friday, May 18, 2018

The Friday Face-Off -- Gravestones!

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Welcome to The Friday Face-Off, a weekly meme here at Books by Proxy. Join us every Friday as we pit cover against cover, and publisher against publisher, to find the best artwork in our literary universe.

It has been an extremely long tie since I've done a Friday Face-Off! I had a discussion post planned, but unfortunately this week has gotten crazy and I don't have as much time as I wanted to dedicate to it, so I thought now would be a great time to bring back this blog meme.

This week's topic is:
Let’s talk of graves, of worms, and epitaphs - A cover featuring a gravestone

This was surprisingly difficult. Out of books I've read, I could only come up with one... Neil Gaiman's The Graveyard Book. I guess it seems like a pretty obvious one, also. There's quite a number of covers for this one and most of them seem to have some sort of graveyard/tombstone image on the cover, so I've collected a few of those to share here.








I really like a lot of these. but the one that stands out most to me for its creativity and unique design is this lovely Italian edition:

 

Which cover is your favorite? Is there a cover not here that you like better? Let me know!

8 comments:

  1. My favorite is the same as your favorite. I like how the roots are growing into the title. (Or the title is growing out of the roots?)

    Aj @ Read All The Things!

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    1. Yeah, it was the roots that really drew me to it as well! Such a creative look.

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  2. The first one is pretty cool, it's kind of eerie, especially with the broken headstone. I don't know that I could think of a cover with gravestones on it!

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    1. I know, it was surprisingly difficult to find one! I thought I'd have to go find some random book, haha. My mom has a copy of the first one and it's really lovely in person as well.

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  3. I really like the one you pick too, and I also love the 5th one. Bonus points for the word "graveyard" as well as the image!

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    1. The 5th one was a close choice also! I thought it was very convenient for 'graveyard' to be in the title, as well--and surprisingly not planned!

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  4. Oooh this is fun! I like your pick- the typography is fabulous!

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    1. I am so in love with that typography, but I'm just a major sucker for beautiful typography in general.

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