Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Does Retro times Retro make Retro squared?



The idea of taking retro films (at least they are retro to ditzy twentysomethings like this humble blogger) and creating even more retro book covers leaves me with a bit of postmodern whiplash.

But that time I was at the receiving end of a guy crashing into the tail end of a traffic jam sure didn't feel quite as good as looking at these designs. Actually, that felt awful. Moving on.

The graphic designer behind the blog spacesick creates an ever growing collection of brilliant book cover designs for the good, the bad and the ugly in film history, reminding me that the best work can come from projects you do "just because".



Okay, "Shaun" is not retro. It's just awesome.


It also turns out that the the designer is merely a year older than I am.
If you'll excuse me, I'll go play in traffic now.

1 comment:

Robert J. Williams said...

Love the Highlander cover. Fun covers.