Paperback Paradise

Today I found out about Paperback Paradise... a Twitter account run by a person who somehow recreates (or creates?) paperback covers from around the era when I was a youngish person, using new words (often rude words), always in a completely deadpan way and era-perfect typography.

I've weeded through the really rude examples (which I usually don't find all that funny) to find a few that give the best idea of this person's skills both graphically and verbally:






That blocky sans serif type is such a look from fantasy and science fiction in cheap paperbacks of the 1960s.

Then there's this twist on a juvenile title look:




With its nice combination of ITC Benguiat and Korinna, it's very 1970s.

Just when you need a break from our current maelstrom, you run across something like this and you get a break for a few minutes. Thank you, Paperback Paradise!