Raus! Untoten! Volume 2 cover.
To say that I’m over the moon about the cover for Raus! Untoten! 2 is a classic British understatement. I’ve had this sitting on my mac for a couple of days and have taken the odd peek. Every time that I’ve looked at it, I’ve loved it. This is based on an old World War Two poster that – even without the undead features – was sufficiently spooky and unsettling for me to immediately think “I want that!”.
The artist, Jason Zerillo, has taken my brief and re-imagined the image perfectly. I can’t wait to see what this looks like with titles etc on it. If you like the image, PLEASE like the page so that you can be kept up-to-date with when book two launches!
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Father of two beautiful daughters and married to the beautiful Karen, Matthew has been reading and writing fantasy and science fiction since he first read the Hobbit at the age of 7.
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Love it! 🙂
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Posted by shavenwookiee | June 2, 2014, 5:21 pmThanks, me too! 🙂
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Posted by mattsylvester | June 2, 2014, 6:12 pmDefinitely evocative of the old WW2 posters. Maybe all of the covers should be that, twisted versions of classic posters?
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Posted by shavenwookiee | June 2, 2014, 5:22 pmThis one was inspired by a propaganda poster that was just as spooky!
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Posted by mattsylvester | June 2, 2014, 6:12 pmThose posters were all kind of a bit weird. 1940s version of photoshop fails maybe?
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Posted by shavenwookiee | June 2, 2014, 6:15 pmDesigned to scare the shit out of people more like 🙂
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Posted by mattsylvester | June 2, 2014, 6:22 pmThat would not surprise me actually! 🙂
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Posted by shavenwookiee | June 2, 2014, 6:24 pmLove the cover – all the more striking for its dark, bare understatement! Am I right in thinking the publishing schedule for the Raus Untoten volumes has been revised, with more volumes planned? Maybe you can e-mail me with details about what’s happening
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Posted by James | June 16, 2014, 5:45 pmIs this James Mason by any chance? 🙂 No profile on your comment I’m afraid! 🙂
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Posted by mattsylvester | June 16, 2014, 7:10 pmOops sorry – no, it’s James Downs. Congratulations on the Alternative Realities post by the way – well deserved, and an excellent way to hone your editing skills for the next Raus Untoten volumes
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Posted by James | June 25, 2014, 5:03 pm