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In response to "Huh? the creators of the book themselves said "what the hell is this cover?" -- nm" by Reagen

Do creators usually get a say in what's put out as a variant cover? -- nm

Posted by Scots-IrishStephen (aka Sceire) Mar 17 '15, 19:43

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Sometimes. Buit the tone of the cover couldn't be further from the tone of the book and was driven by the Marketing team/$$ not "artistic freedom" -- nm - TWuG Mar 17, 19:45 20
- I think it was driven more by the fact that it was the 25th anniversary of The Killing Joke that it was paying homage to... -- nm - Scots-IrishStephen Mar 17, 19:53 12
  - Which is fine and good except that The Killing Joke audience and the audience for this book are separate circles. - TWuG Mar 17, 19:59 5
    - It also sounded like a lot of the other Joker cvers are lighter in tone, but the artist took it darker. - tobor.2 Mar 17, 20:08 4
      - I think Eaglesham was just asked to provide "a" cover and given mostly free rein. - TWuG Mar 17, 20:12 3
        
        Has most of the criticism been about the tone or that it promotes violence against women? nm - Dignan Mar 17, 20:19 1
        
        I think there's been both. The less knee-jerky people are arguing tone is the issue. - TWuG Mar 17, 20:27
        
        It is a great piece of art and totally inappropriate for that book. And he agrees on the second part. -- nm - tobor.2 Mar 17, 20:18
  - And $$$$. -- nm - tobor.2 Mar 17, 19:56 1
    - Yes, i've already acknowledged that that is one function of variant covers... -- nm - Scots-IrishStephen Mar 17, 19:58
  - And $$$$. -- nm - tobor.2 Mar 17, 19:56 3
    - Bery? Is this on yourend or mine? - tobor.2 Mar 17, 19:59 2
      - Not sure. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 17, 20:05 1
        
        I updated FF a week or so ago, but it hadn't changed that before today. -- nm - tobor.2 Mar 17, 20:09
- To drive fans to buy more than one copy of the same book. -- nm - tobor.2 Mar 17, 19:47 6
  - Yeah, that's what a variant cover is for... -- nm - Scots-IrishStephen Mar 17, 19:52
  - Sure. It's a common practice and I have no issue with publishers doing it. But the covers should work with the tone of the content they surround. -- nm - TWuG Mar 17, 19:48 4
    - I know, but frequently they don't. And, as you said, $$$$. -- nm - tobor.2 Mar 17, 19:51 1
      - Sorry for the multiposts. -- nm - tobor.2 Mar 17, 19:52
    - I know, but frequently they don't. And, as you said, $$$$. -- nm - tobor.2 Mar 17, 19:51
    - I know, but frequently they don't. And, as you said, $$$$. -- nm - tobor.2 Mar 17, 19:51
I would sure as hell hope so. -- nm - Reagen Mar 17, 19:43

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