Re-Covered 2

Since it is the 60th anniversary of D-Day, I thought I would do something that has some connection with WWII. So I've chosen to "Re-Cover" one of my own e-book cover designs. This is one of the many covers that I have designed for the e-book publishing company LTD Books.

As is often the case (for me, anyway) I pretty much have to do what the author wants. In this situation, the author specifically requested this B-29 plane with a pin-up painting of Mary Jane on the side (it's so small you can barely see it). A lot of the action takes place in Japan, hence the old Japanese military flag in the background. It's pretty self-explanatory. The thing is though, I can't stand doing literal intrepretations of book covers. Aside from the fact that I don't think it's a good idea to do this, it's not very exciting for the artist.

Here is a brief synopsis of the story:

GUAM , SOUTH PACIFIC, 1945 -- B-29 Superfortress bomber Mary Jane is found intact in thick jungle minus her crew and mysterious World War II payload. The incident is hushed up and forgotten until... AUGUST, 1990 -- The Mary Jane has slipped through a time barrier, once again on her deadly 1945 bomb run over the Pacific, the crew still believing Japan is their sworn enemy. What is her mission? And can she be stopped?

I decided in the new design to not even put in a plane. And yes, I may be confusing the reader with having such a large image of the pin-up girl. But I don't know. I think that there is more of a sense of mystery in the new cover, and I guess I'd like to think that people would figure out that the girl is one of those typical pin-up gals one would see on the side of a plane. But perhaps I'm being too estoteric.

June 6th is also my husband's birthday. It delights him to no end that he was born on the anniversary of D-Day, because he has a passionate interest in WWII. He also loves the fact that the anniversary of our first date is Dec 7, the anniversary of the bombing of Pearl Harbour. If he had it his way, we would have been married on some other great day in WWII history, but I put my foot down. No more silly dates. So we got married on April 1st.

Comments

[eliane]

Happy birthday to Guy!!

[michele]

I prefer your "re-cover" design and I agree that the cover should be interesting and artistic rather than "tell" what the story is. A suggestion is more inticing than an announcement.

April the first is a perfect wedding day. Damn, I wish I had thought of that - each year I could celebrate being married to a fool - oh wait, that is his line.